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Minjung Kim1, Jungeun You2, Goeun Seong1
1Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Practicing mobile mindfulness meditation improved self-reported emotional awareness and altered brain functional connectivity (FC). These neural changes, particularly in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC), suggest potential for mobile mindfulness to enhance emotion regulation.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychology
- Digital Health
Background:
- Mobile applications are increasingly used for mental health interventions.
- Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) show promise in improving psychological well-being.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate changes in psychometric properties and brain functional connectivity (FC) after mobile-based MBI.
- To explore the relationship between neural changes and emotional awareness.
Main Methods:
- 21 adults completed 8 weeks of daily mobile-based MBI.
- Self-report questionnaires and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) were administered pre- and post-intervention.
- fMRI data were collected during resting state and an attention network test.
Main Results:
- Participants reported increased mindfulness and decreased emotion regulation difficulties.
- Resting-state fMRI revealed increased FC between the right posterior insula and left ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC).
- Decreased FC between default mode network regions and occipital regions was observed, with VMPFC-cuneus FC decrease correlating with improved emotional awareness.
Conclusions:
- Mobile-based MBI induced changes in brain FC, particularly involving the VMPFC.
- Observed FC changes were linked to enhanced emotional awareness.
- Further research is warranted to confirm mobile MBI's impact on emotion regulation via neural network alterations.
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