TY  - INPR
AV  - public
EP  - 26
KW  - Mindfulness
KW  -  Meditation
KW  -  Intervention
KW  -  Neuropsychology
KW  -  Elder
KW  -  Aging
N2  - Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) are increasingly utilized to improve mental health. Interest in the putative effects of MBPs on cognitive function is also growing. This is the first meta-analysis of objective cognitive outcomes across multiple domains from randomized MBP studies of adults. Seven databases were systematically searched to January 2020. Fifty-six unique studies (n?=?2,931) were included, of which 45 (n?=?2,238) were synthesized using robust variance estimation meta-analysis. Meta-regression and subgroup analyses evaluated moderators. Pooling data across cognitive domains, the summary effect size for all studies favored MBPs over comparators and was small in magnitude (g?=?0.15; [0.05, 0.24]). Across subgroup analyses of individual cognitive domains/subdomains, MBPs outperformed comparators for executive function (g?=?0.15; [0.02, 0.27]) and working memory outcomes (g?=?0.23; [0.11, 0.36]) only. Subgroup analyses identified significant effects for studies of non-clinical samples, as well as for adults aged over 60. Across all studies, MBPs outperformed inactive, but not active comparators. Limitations include the primarily unclear within-study risk of bias (only a minority of studies were considered low risk), and that statistical constraints rendered some p-values unreliable. Together, results partially corroborate the hypothesized link between mindfulness practices and cognitive performance. This review was registered with PROSPERO [CRD42018100904].
A1  - Whitfield, T
A1  - Barnhofer, T
A1  - Acabchuk, R
A1  - Cohen, A
A1  - Lee, M
A1  - Schlosser, M
A1  - Arenaza-Urquijo, EM
A1  - Bottcher, A
A1  - Britton, W
A1  - Coll-Padros, N
A1  - Collette, F
A1  - Chetelat, G
A1  - Dautricourt, S
A1  - Demnitz-King, H
A1  - Dumais, T
A1  - Klimecki, O
A1  - Meiberth, D
A1  - Moulinet, I
A1  - Muller, T
A1  - Parsons, E
A1  - Sager, L
A1  - Sannemann, L
A1  - Scharf, J
A1  - Schild, A-K
A1  - Touron, E
A1  - Wirth, M
A1  - Walker, Z
A1  - Moitra, E
A1  - Lutz, A
A1  - Lazar, SW
A1  - Vago, D
A1  - Marchant, NL
PB  - SPRINGER
JF  - Neuropsychology Review
N1  - © 2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
TI  - The Effect of Mindfulness-based Programs on Cognitive Function in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Y1  - 2021/08/04/
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-021-09519-y
ID  - discovery10132813
ER  -