Pragya Samani Unnata, Mehta Neelam D, Abomoelak Bassam, Uddin Parvin, Veeramachaneni Pushya, Mehta Naina, Moore Stephanie, Jean-Francois Melissa, Garcia Stephanie, Pragya Samani Chaitanya, Mehta Devendra I
Department of Religions and Philosophies, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 5;12:607573. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.607573. eCollection 2021.
Meditation refers to a family of self-regulation practices that focuses on training attention and awareness to foster psycho-emotional well-being and to develop specific capacities such as calmness, clarity, and concentration. We report a prospective convenience-controlled study in which we analyzed the effect of two components of - buzzing bee sound meditation () and color meditation () on healthy college students. and are two practices that are based on sound and green color, respectively. The study population represents a suitable target as college students experience different stress factors during the school year. This study measures the individual and combined effects of two techniques (one focusing on sound and one focusing on color), on short-term memory, attention, and affect, in novice meditators. We used a battery of cognitive, performance, and compared results with baseline and control values. We found improved cognition, especially attention, short-term memory, and affect in terms of positivity and reduced negativity. Overall, the two techniques produced variable benefits and subjects showed improved scores over baseline for short-term memory, cognitive function, and overall wellbeing. Further studies are required to understand underlying mechanisms for the observed differences between the two techniques and to elucidate mechanisms underlying the more pronounced and global benefits observed with the combined techniques. These results underscore a need to examine individual components of meditation practices in order to individualize treatment approaches for attention disorders in young adults. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03779269.
冥想是指一系列自我调节练习，其重点在于训练注意力和意识，以促进心理情绪健康，并培养诸如平静、清晰和专注等特定能力。我们报告了一项前瞻性便利对照研究，在该研究中，我们分析了嗡鸣蜜蜂声冥想（BBSM）和色彩冥想（CM）的两个组成部分对健康大学生的影响。BBSM和CM分别是基于声音和绿色的两种冥想练习。该研究人群是一个合适的目标群体，因为大学生在学年中会经历不同的压力因素。本研究测量了两种技巧（一种专注于声音，一种专注于颜色）对新手冥想者的短期记忆、注意力和情绪的个体及综合影响。我们使用了一系列认知、表现测试，并将结果与基线和对照值进行比较。我们发现认知能力有所提高，尤其是注意力、短期记忆，以及在积极性方面的情绪改善和消极性的降低。总体而言，这两种技巧产生了不同的益处，并且受试者在短期记忆、认知功能和整体幸福感方面的得分相对于基线有所提高。需要进一步研究以了解这两种技巧之间观察到的差异的潜在机制，并阐明联合技巧所观察到的更显著和全面益处的潜在机制。这些结果强调了有必要研究冥想练习的各个组成部分，以便为年轻人的注意力障碍制定个性化的治疗方法。ClinicalTrials.gov标识符：NCT03779269。
