Mindfulness on Creativity

NCT ID: NCT07102953

Last Updated: 2025-08-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

111 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-05-19

Study Completion Date

2025-08-31

Brief Summary

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Purpose of the Study

This clinical trial aims to find out whether a 5-day mindfulness training program can help improve creativity in academic researchers. The study focuses on answering these key questions:

Can focused-attention (FA) and open-monitoring (OM) meditation boost creativity in academic researchers?

Do FA and OM meditation have different effects on creativity?

How does the training affect brain activity (measured by electrical signals)?

Researchers will compare the effects of FA and OM meditation with a control group that listens to audio recordings, to see which method-if any-helps improve creativity.

What Participants Will Do

Join one of three groups: FA meditation, OM meditation, or audio listening (control), and take part in daily practice for 5 days.

Come to the research center for testing three times.

Keep a daily log of how they engage with the training.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Active Control Focused-attention Meditatioin Open-monitoring Meditation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Focused-attention group

Focused-attention training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Focused-attention meditation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This is a type of mindfulenss meditation, which instructes participants to keep focusing on own breathing with a sitting and rest posture.

Open-monitoring group

Open-monitoring training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Open-monitoring meditation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This is a type of mindfulenss meditation, which instructs participants to stay aware of their vision with a sitting and rest posture.

Control group

Listen to stories about creativity

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Audio-listening control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants listen to stories about creativity with a sitting and rest posture.

Interventions

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Focused-attention meditation

This is a type of mindfulenss meditation, which instructes participants to keep focusing on own breathing with a sitting and rest posture.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Open-monitoring meditation

This is a type of mindfulenss meditation, which instructs participants to stay aware of their vision with a sitting and rest posture.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Audio-listening control

Participants listen to stories about creativity with a sitting and rest posture.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Currently enrolled graduate students (Master's or PhD) or other research personnel (e.g., postdoctoral fellows, research assistants, or academic researchers).
* Aged 18 years or older and under 65 years.
* No current diagnosis of severe mental disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder).
* Not currently taking mood-stabilizing medication (e.g., SSRIs), to avoid confounding effects on mindfulness training and EEG outcomes

Exclusion Criteria

* Simultaneously participating in other mindfulness-based psychological intervention programs or courses that cannot be paused during the study period.
* Suicidal ideation or planning reported within the past two weeks.
* Inability to attend in-person assessments at the laboratory site.
* Refusal or inability to provide informed consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Westlake University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Zhejiang University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Shulin Chen

Prof.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Westlake University

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Rong Li, Assisstant researcher

Role: CONTACT

086+134 66529411

Facility Contacts

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Rong Li, Associate Researcher

Role: primary

086+13466529411

Other Identifiers

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WU2024A001

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

20250401LR001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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