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Improving executive function and its neurobiological mechanisms through a mindfulness-based intervention: advances within the field of developmental neuroscience

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posted on 2023-06-08, 21:45 authored by Yi-Yan Tang, Lizhu Yang, Leslie D Leve, Gordon Harold
Poor executive function (EF) has been associated with a host of short- and long-term problems across the lifespan, including elevated rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, drug abuse, and antisocial behavior. Mindfulness-based interventions that focus on increasing awareness of one's thoughts, emotions, and actions have been shown to improve specific aspects of EF, including attention, cognitive control, and emotion regulation. Reflecting a developmental neuroscience perspective, this article reviews research relevant to one specific mindfulness-based intervention, integrative body-mind training (IBMT). Randomized controlled trials of IBMT indicate improvements in specific EF components, and uniquely highlight the role of neural circuitry specific to the anterior cingulate cortex and the autonomic nervous system as two brain-based mechanisms that underlie IBMT-related improvements. The relevance of improving specific dimensions of EF through short-term IBMT to prevent a cascade of risk behaviors for children and adolescents is described and future research directions are proposed. © 2012 The Authors. Child Development Perspectives © 2012 The Society for Research in Child Development.

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  • Published

Journal

Child Development Perspectives

ISSN

1750-8592

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Issue

4

Volume

6

Page range

361-366

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  • Psychology Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-08-11

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