An EEG Investigation of the Attention-Related Impact of Mindfulness Training in Youth With ADHD: Outcomes and Methodological Considerations
| Autor: | Annabel Sibalis, Sidney J. Segalowitz, Karen Milligan, Carson Pun, Trish McKeough, Louis A. Schmidt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Mindfulness Adolescent Rest Significant group Electroencephalography behavioral disciplines and activities Theta power Task (project management) Treatment and control groups 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Attention 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Theta Rhythm Child Psychological Tests medicine.diagnostic_test 05 social sciences Attentional control Clinical Psychology Treatment Outcome Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Female Beta Rhythm Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Attention Disorders. 23:733-743 |
| ISSN: | 1557-1246 1087-0547 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1087054717719535 |
| Popis: | Objective:The current study examined the impact of an activity-based mindfulness treatment on EEG indices of attention in youth with ADHD aged 11 to 17 years compared with a waitlist control group. Method: Pre- and post-treatment, EEG was recorded as participants completed a single-point focus rest task and two active attention tasks. Theta power, beta power, and theta/beta ratio (TBR) were calculated during each task. Results: A significant group by time by task interaction was found that indicated significant improvement in attentional ability, indexed by decreased TBR, for the treatment group but not controls. Conclusion: Findings support the benefit of mindfulness treatment for enhancing attentional control in youth with ADHD and extend the literature by providing evidence of these gains at a neural level. Findings also offer methodological support for the use of active attention tasks when examining mindfulness-related attentional gains in youth with ADHD. Directions for future research are discussed. |
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