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Psychological and Physiological Effects of Different Objects of Breath Meditation

NCT06051500 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2024-06-06

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Summary

The goal of this research is to test whether certain areas of focus in breath meditation are connected with certain mental health outcomes. The main question to be addressed is whether attention placed on the breath in the belly versus the nostrils during meditation results in differences in subjective experience, respiration and heart rate.

Participants will:

* complete surveys
* have heart rate and respiration measured
* practice focused breathing

Participants can expect the study visit to last for one hour.

Conditions

  • Physiological Stress
  • Psychological Stress
  • Emotions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nostril focus followed by belly focus

Focused breathing on the nostrils followed by focus breathing on the belly.

BEHAVIORAL

Belly focus followed by nostril focus

Focused breathing on the bellyfollowed by focus breathing on the nostrils.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Matthew Hirshberg, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-20
Primary Completion
2024-05-02
Completion
2024-05-02

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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