The Age-Well observational study on expert meditators in the Medit-Ageing European project.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Age-Well observational, cross-sectional study investigates the affective and cognitive mechanisms of meditation expertise with behavioral, neuroimaging, sleep, and biological measures sensitive to aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Methods

Thirty cognitively unimpaired individuals aged 65 years or older with at least 10,000 hours of practice in mindfulness meditation (MM) and loving-kindness and compassion meditation (LKCM) are selected. The outcomes are the neuroimaging brain correlates of MM and LKCM and the assessments of long-term meditation practices on behavioral, neural, and biological measures as compared to nonmeditator older controls from the Age-Well randomized controlled trial.

Results

Recruitment and data collection began in late 2016 an

SUBMITTER: Lutz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6300614 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature