Mindfulness video game improves connectivity of the fronto-parietal attentional network in adolescents: A multi-modal imaging study.

ABSTRACT: Mindfulness training has been shown to improve attention and change the underlying brain substrates in adults. Most mindfulness training programs involve a myriad of techniques, and it is difficult to attribute changes to any particular aspect of the program. Here, we created a video game, Tenacity, which models a specific mindfulness technique - focused attention on one's breathing - and assessed its potential to train an attentional network in adolescents. A combined analysis of resting state functional connectivity (rs-FC) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) yielded convergent results - change in communication within the left fronto-parietal network after two weeks of playing Tenacity compared to a control game. Rs-FC analysis showed greater connectivity between left dorsolateral prefron

SUBMITTER: Patsenko EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6904443 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature