Neural correlates of mindful emotion regulation in high and low ruminators.

ABSTRACT: Depressive rumination is considered a prominent risk factor for the occurrence, severity, and duration of depressive episodes. A variety of treatment options have been developed to treat depressive rumination of which mindfulness based programs are especially promising. In the current study, we investigated the neural underpinnings of a short mindfulness intervention and mindful emotion regulation in high and low trait ruminators in an ecologically valid environment using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Participants were randomly assigned to a mindfulness instruction (MT) group or an instructed thinking (IT) group. Participants in the MT group were trained to either focus their attention mindfully on their breath or their emotions, while the IT group focused their attention

SUBMITTER: Rosenbaum D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7518445 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature