Procedures
How many items were in the FFMQ?
39
How many parts of the brain showed increase in grey matter?
4
After taking the mindfulness course, there is a change in what after the 8 week program?
Grey matter
What was the ethical guideline used when the two males participants left after the first MRI?
Right to withdraw
What was the independent variable?
Exposure to an 8 MBRS course
Every statement on the FFMQ is reponded to on a __ scale
5 pt likert
How many participants were taken from the exp. and control group for the FFMQ data?
14 from both
Increases or decreases in the hippocampal volume may happen in response to what?
Mindfulness meditation
Participants were protected during scanning by not accepting anyone with ___ implants
metal
What was the dependent variable?
The chnage in grey matter before and after the MBSR course
What were the two regions of interest in the brain?
Bilateral hippocampi and bilateral insulae
How were mindufulness scores effected by partcipants sin the experimental group?
They increased
What changes in the ROI were in the left hippocampus within the 8 week period of the mindfullness course?
Structural
The study was approved by how many members of the institutional review board?
2
The aim of the study was to identify changes in specific brain regions and the whole brain comparing ___ before and after a ___
grey matter concentration
mindfulness course
Who completed the questionnaire before and after the MBSR curse?
Experimental group
How many hours did participants spend on mindfulness homework?
22.6 hours
Which key area of the cerebellum was identified as changing due to mindful next practice?
TPJ PCC
Participants who had what kind of phobia were not chosen for the study?
Claustrophobia
What was the experimental design?
Independent measures design
MRI scans were used to produce region of interest of particular brain areas and to provide a _____
whole brain analysis
Explain the effects that grey matter had after the MBSR program
There were only increases in grey matter, no decreases but some small reductions
There was an increase in grey matter concentration in the C, CV, left TPJ and ___
PPC
What made participants in the control group experience stress?
They were delayed from the MBSR program
What did the particpants have to complete before and after the course questionnaire?
FFMQ