Investigation of Functional Brain Network in Altered Meditation State With Multimodal Neuroimaging

Shanghai Mental Health Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Meditation; Mindfulness

Treatments: Device: internal meditation guided audio; Device: external meditation guided audio

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05020301

B20200361

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate functional brain network in altered meditation state with multimodal neuroimaging.

Full description

1. Recruiting participants by approaching mindfulness training, poster, and websites.
2. Completing Questionnaires, Tests, and other materials for experiments.
3. Examining Functional Brain Network of Internal and External Meditation of practitioners with a meditation using multimodal neuroimaging.
4. Collecting and evaluating data about the connection of internal and external meditation with multimodal neuroimaging and identifying the function related to meditation state.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A sufficient level of education to understand study procedure and be able to communicate with site personnel.
• 18-60 years old.
• Interested in meditation.
• No metal or electronic implants in the body; no prosthesis (metal braces, dentures, etc.); no claustrophobia; no tattoos, piercings, etc.; no makeup on the day of the experiment.
• Right-handed.

Exclusion criteria

• The participant has a contraindication to MRI examination, such as claustrophobia.
• The participant is physically unfit for MRI, such as having a metal implant.
• The participant has a history of neurological or psychiatric disorders, or is taking any chronic medications that may interfere with the experiment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 3 patient groups

Control group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants who have never practiced mindfulness

Treatment:

Device: internal meditation guided audio

Device: external meditation guided audio

Beginner Practitioner

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with less than two years of mindfulness practice

Treatment:

Device: internal meditation guided audio

Device: external meditation guided audio

Advanced Practitioner

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with more than two years of mindfulness practice

Treatment:

Device: internal meditation guided audio

Device: external meditation guided audio