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Neural Mechanisms of Improved Emotion Regulation Following Mindfulness Training: an fMRI Study

Coordinatore	JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITAET GIESSEN    more  Organization address address: Ludwigstrasse 23 city: GIESSEN postcode: 35390 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Christian M. Cognome: Veldman Email: send email Telefono: 496420000000 Fax: 496420000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	232˙967 €
EC contributo	232˙967 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-IOF-2008
Funding Scheme	MC-IOF
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-03-01   -   2012-02-29

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITAET GIESSEN  Organization address address: Ludwigstrasse 23 city: GIESSEN postcode: 35390 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Christian M. Cognome: Veldman Email: send email Telefono: 496420000000 Fax: 496420000000	DE (GIESSEN)	coordinator	232˙967.52

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'Training in mindfulness, the non-judgmental observation of experiences as they arise in the present moment, has been increasingly and successfully applied to the treatment of normative stress conditions and mental disorders. Yet, the neurological mechanisms that underlie the reported improvements are still largely unknown. This longitudinal study will investigate the influence of mindfulness training on a key underpinning of mental health, namely emotion regulation, and its associated brain activity. Healthy participants will be randomly assigned to either a validated eight week Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program or to a control condition. In a pre-post investigation, participants’ subjective reactions to aversive emotional stimuli (affective facial expressions) will be assessed, as will the associated brain activation using fMRI. We hypothesize that after the training the MBSR participants will rate the pictures as less aversive compared to control participants. Furthermore, the MBSR participants will show a patter of brain activation indicative of improved emotion regulation, relative to control participants. Finally, the effect of MBSR on the gray matter structure of the brain will be investigated.'