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Dissecting De-automatization

NCT03456505 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 53

Last updated 2018-10-01

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Summary

The proposed study will assess the effects of mindfulness meditation training on an eye blink conditioning (EBC) task in a sample of novice meditators. This methodology will allow investigation of whether mindfulness interrupts classical conditioning through the process of de-automatization. Implicit learning rates, as reflective of unconscious habit formation and measured by the frequency of conditioned responses during the EBC, will be a main outcome of interest. The proposed study will also assess the effects of mindfulness meditation training on an emotion regulation (ER) task, with a specific focus on reappraisal of negative images and savoring of positive images.

Conditions

  • Mindfulness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness Meditation Training

A researcher will guide participants through 5 mindfulness meditations, each lasting 11 minutes in length.

BEHAVIORAL

Active Listening

A researcher will read participants 5 selections from The Natural History of Selborne, each lasting 11 minutes in length.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-15
Primary Completion
2018-06-01
Completion
2018-07-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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