Enhanced response inhibition and reduced midfrontal theta activity in experienced Vipassana meditators.

ABSTRACT: Response inhibition - the ability to suppress inappropriate thoughts and actions - is a fundamental aspect of cognitive control. Recent research suggests that mental training by meditation may improve cognitive control. Yet, it is still unclear if and how, at the neural level, long-term meditation practice may affect (emotional) response inhibition. The present study aimed to address this outstanding question, and used an emotional Go/Nogo task and electroencephalography (EEG) to examine possible differences in behavioral and electrophysiological indices of response inhibition between Vipassana meditators and an experience-matched active control group (athletes). Behaviorally, meditators made significantly less errors than controls on the emotional Go/Nogo task, independent of the emotiona

SUBMITTER: Andreu CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6744491 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature