TY - JOUR
T1 - A translational neuroscience perspective on mindfulness meditation as a prevention strategy
AU - Tang, Yiyuan
AU - Leve, Leslie D.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research and P50 DA035763. We thank Rongxiang Tang's assistance for manuscript preparation. Policy : Motivated by researchers and practitioners, policy makers should support the need for funding to help spur the translation from type I research to type 2 and 3 implementation work of low-cost and effective mindfulness preventions and interventions.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Society of Behavioral Medicine.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Mindfulness meditation research mainly focuses on psychological outcomes such as behavioral, cognitive, and emotional functioning. However, the neuroscience literature on mindfulness meditation has grown in recent years. This paper provides an overview of relevant neuroscience and psychological research on the effects of mindfulness meditation. We propose a translational prevention framework of mindfulness and its effects. Drawing upon the principles of prevention science, this framework integrates neuroscience and prevention research and postulates underlying brain regulatory mechanisms that explain the impact of mindfulness on psychological outcomes via self-regulation mechanisms linked to underlying brain systems. We conclude by discussing potential clinical and practice implications of this model and directions for future research.
AB - Mindfulness meditation research mainly focuses on psychological outcomes such as behavioral, cognitive, and emotional functioning. However, the neuroscience literature on mindfulness meditation has grown in recent years. This paper provides an overview of relevant neuroscience and psychological research on the effects of mindfulness meditation. We propose a translational prevention framework of mindfulness and its effects. Drawing upon the principles of prevention science, this framework integrates neuroscience and prevention research and postulates underlying brain regulatory mechanisms that explain the impact of mindfulness on psychological outcomes via self-regulation mechanisms linked to underlying brain systems. We conclude by discussing potential clinical and practice implications of this model and directions for future research.
KW - Mindfulness meditation
KW - Prevention science
KW - Self-regulation
KW - Translational neuroscience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961750947&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s13142-015-0360-x
DO - 10.1007/s13142-015-0360-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 27012254
VL - 6
SP - 63
EP - 72
JO - Translational Behavioral Medicine
JF - Translational Behavioral Medicine
IS - 1
ER -