Fan Yaxin, Tang Yi-Yuan, Tang Rongxiang, Posner Michael I
Dalian Blood Center, Zhongshan District, Dalian, 116001, China.
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2014 Dec;39(3-4):213-7. doi: 10.1007/s10484-014-9258-5.
Our previous research showed that short term meditation training reduces the time to resolve conflict in the flanker task. Studies also show that resting alpha increases with long term meditation practice. The aim of this study is to determine whether short term meditation training both increases resting alpha activity and reduces the time to resolve conflict in the Stroop task and whether these two effects are related. Forty-three Chinese undergraduates were randomly assigned an experiment group given 5 days meditation training using integrative body-mind training (IBMT) and a relaxation training control. After training, only the IBMT group showed decreased conflict reaction time (RT), and increased resting mean alpha power. Moreover, the higher the enhancement of resting alpha power, the stronger the improvement of conflict RT. The results indicate that short term meditation diffusely enhances alpha and improves the ability to deal with conflict and moreover these two effects are positively related.
我们之前的研究表明，短期冥想训练可减少侧翼任务中解决冲突的时间。研究还表明，长期冥想练习会使静息α波增加。本研究的目的是确定短期冥想训练是否既能增加静息α波活动，又能减少斯特鲁普任务中解决冲突的时间，以及这两种效应是否相关。43名中国本科生被随机分为实验组和放松训练对照组，实验组接受为期5天的运用身心整合训练（IBMT）的冥想训练。训练后，只有身心整合训练组的冲突反应时间（RT）缩短，静息平均α波功率增加。此外，静息α波功率增强越高，冲突反应时间的改善就越强。结果表明，短期冥想能广泛增强α波，并提高应对冲突的能力，而且这两种效应呈正相关。
