Klimecki, O;
Marchant, NL;
Lutz, A;
Poisnel, G;
Chételat, G;
Collette, F;
(2019)
The impact of meditation on healthy ageing - the current state of knowledge and a roadmap to future directions.
Current Opinion in Psychology
, 28
pp. 223-228.
10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.01.006.
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Abstract
There is increasing evidence that meditation-based training promotes healthy ageing across many dimensions. This review summarizes the existing knowledge on the effects of meditation training on healthy ageing in the domains of emotions, cognition (with a special emphasis on attentional processes), and the preservation of related brain structures. Although evidence so far is promising, more rigorous randomized controlled studies with active control groups and long-term follow-up in older people are needed. We outline how these challenges can be addressed in future studies using the example of an ongoing project, Medit-Ageing (public name: Silver Santé Study), including two independent randomized controlled trials (RCT) as well as one cross-sectional study with meditation experts.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The impact of meditation on healthy ageing - the current state of knowledge and a roadmap to future directions |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.01.006 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.01.006 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | dementia; emotion; attention; cognition; compassion; anxiety; depression; stress; Medit-Ageing; allostatic load |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10079092 |
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