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Imaging Cerebral and Sub-cerebral Correlates of Meditative States

NCT ID: NCT01262404

Last Updated: 2010-12-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

58 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-01-31

Study Completion Date

2011-10-31

Brief Summary

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Three groups of subjects are trained to practice mindfulness meditation, compassion meditation, or attend a health training control class. Individuals from each group will undergo structural and functional brain imaging before and after training. The hypothesis is that the compassion meditation group will show the largest changes in brain structure and function. In a second series of experiments, the subjects practicing a Tibetan meditation practice will be undergo MRI thermometry imaging to construct detailed three dimensional temperature maps of their bodies before, during, and after they perform this practice.

Detailed Description

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Structural (MRI) Imaging will be used to measure changes in cortical thickness in the pre and post training groups. Function (fMRI) Imaging will be used to measure changes in cortical and sub-cortical responses to a series of affectively controlled visual images, presented during scanning. MRI Thermometry Imaging will be used to construct three dimensional temperature maps of subjects while performing meditation in the scanner.

Conditions

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Stress

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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HealthEd,Minfdulness,Compassion

HealthEd receives training health education. Mindfulness receives training in mindfulness meditation. Compassion receives training in compassion meditation.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18-65 for the mindfulness-compassion study
* Prior training in gtummo meditation for the gtummo study

Exclusion Criteria

* Previous experience with meditation for the mindfulness-compassion study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Emory University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Boston University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Boston University

Principal Investigators

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Eric L Schwartz, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Boston University

Locations

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Boston University Dept. of Cognitive and Neural Systems

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Terri Sivilli, AB

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 404 778 2256

Email: [email protected]

Other Identifiers

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AT005728-01

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

BU-Emory-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id