唱诗和冥想:一个为期8周的干预措施,以促进学龄儿童的执行功能
Pariya Krisdathiwadh1, Suthida Chaithirayanon2, Naiphinich Kotchabhakdi1
1Research Center for Neuroscience, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakhon pathom, Thailand.
Applied neuropsychology. Child
|November 4, 2024
概括
8周的冥想计划显著改善了儿童的执行功能 (EFs). 这项研究发现,在每天练习冥想和颂歌的学生中,工作记忆,抑制和认知灵活性得到了增强.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
背景情况:
- 执行功能 (EF) 对于学业成功和学龄儿童的日常运作至关重要.
- 开发有效的干预措施来增强儿童的EF是研究的一个重要领域.
- 基于正念的干预措施在改善认知能力方面表现有前途.
研究的目的:
- 调查一项新的8周冥想计划,包括唱诗,对学龄儿童的执行功能的影响.
- 为了比较参与冥想计划的儿童和对照组之间的执行功能变化.
主要方法:
- 一个实验设计,为实验组 (n=25) 提供了为期8周的冥想计划 (每日和每周的活动),对照组 (n=25) 提供了正常的学校活动.
- 使用n-back任务 (工作记忆),go/no-go任务 (抑制) 和威斯康星卡排序测试 (WCST) (认知灵活性) 通过测试前和测试后的措施评估执行功能.
- 统计分析使用混合重复测量ANOVA来确定组和时间效应.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,实验组在工作记忆方面表现出显著的改善 (在一回复任务上更快的反应时间).
- 冥想小组的儿童表现出增强的抑制控制,这表明在去/不去任务的不去条件下,正确反应的数量更高.
- 冥想计划导致认知灵活性显著改善,WCST表现更好,包括更高的正确答案百分比和概念级别答案,以及更少的错误.
结论:
- 一个为期8周的基于学校的冥想计划,包括颂歌和冥想,有效地提高了学龄儿童的执行功能.
- 这种干预显示出作为提高学习和发展至关重要的认知技能的有价值工具的潜力.
- 进一步的研究可以探索长期影响和最佳的方案交付,以实现更广泛的实施.
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