PMID- 31031607
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1662-5161 (Print)
IS  - 1662-5161 (Electronic)
IS  - 1662-5161 (Linking)
VI  - 13
DP  - 2019
TI  - Trait Mindfulness and Functional Connectivity in Cognitive and Attentional 
      Resting State Networks.
PG  - 112
LID - 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00112 [doi]
LID - 112
AB  - Mindfulness has been described as an orienting of attention to the present 
      moment, with openness and compassion. Individuals displaying high trait 
      mindfulness exhibit this tendency as a more permanent personality attribute. 
      Given the numerous physical and mental health benefits associated with 
      mindfulness, there is a great interest in understanding the neural substrates of 
      this trait. The purpose of the current research was to examine how individual 
      differences in trait mindfulness associated with functional connectivity in five 
      resting-state networks related to cognition and attention: the default mode 
      network (DMN), the salience network (SN), the central executive network (CEN), 
      and the dorsal and ventral attention networks (DAN and VAN). Twenty-eight 
      undergraduate participants completed the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire 
      (FFMQ), a self-report measure of trait mindfulness which also provides scores on 
      five of its sub-categories (Observing, Describing, Acting with Awareness, 
      Non-judging of Inner Experience, and Non-reactivity to Inner Experience). 
      Participants then underwent a structural MRI scan and a 7-min resting state 
      functional MRI scan. Resting-state data were analyzed using independent-component 
      analyses. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was performed to determine the 
      relationship between each resting state network and each FFMQ score. These 
      analyses indicated that: (1) trait mindfulness and its facets showed increased 
      functional connectivity with neural regions related to attentional control, 
      interoception, and executive function; and (2) trait mindfulness and its facets 
      showed decreased functional connectivity with neural regions related to 
      self-referential processing and mind wandering. These patterns of functional 
      connectivity are consistent with some of the benefits of mindfulness-enhanced 
      attention, self-regulation, and focus on present experience. This study provides 
      support for the notion that non-judgmental attention to the present moment 
      facilitates the integration of regions in neural networks that are related to 
      cognition, attention, and sensation.
FAU - Parkinson, Tracie D
AU  - Parkinson TD
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
FAU - Kornelsen, Jennifer
AU  - Kornelsen J
AD  - Department of Radiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
FAU - Smith, Stephen D
AU  - Smith SD
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190412
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Hum Neurosci
JT  - Frontiers in human neuroscience
JID - 101477954
PMC - PMC6473082
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - central executive network
OT  - default mode network
OT  - dorsal attention network
OT  - functional connectivity
OT  - resting state networks
OT  - salience network
OT  - trait mindfulness
OT  - ventral attention network
EDAT- 2019/04/30 06:00
MHDA- 2019/04/30 06:01
PMCR- 2019/01/01
CRDT- 2019/04/30 06:00
PHST- 2018/12/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/03/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/04/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/04/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/04/30 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00112 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Hum Neurosci. 2019 Apr 12;13:112. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00112. 
      eCollection 2019.