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Common and Dissociable Neural Activity After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Response Programs

Gunes Sevinc1, Britta K Hölzel, Javeria Hashmi

  • 1From the Department of Psychiatry (Sevinc, Hölzel, Greenberg, McCallister, Schneider, Lazar), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar (Hölzel), Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine (Hashmi), Dalhousie University, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (McCallister), Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; Department of Psychology (Treadway), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health (Dusek), Stockbridge; Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine (Dusek), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and University of Massachusetts Medical School (Carmody), Worcester, Massachusetts.

Psychosomatic Medicine
|April 12, 2018
PubMed
Summary

This study compared Relaxation Response (RR) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs. Both reduced stress, but RR enhanced brain control networks, while MBSR improved self-awareness and emotional regulation.

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