AIMC Topic: Mindfulness

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Randomised controlled trial of VR-based observation meditation with AI coaching ('Otti') for stress reduction in university students in the United States: study protocol.

BMJ open
INTRODUCTION: Stress is a major health issue in contemporary society, and mindfulness-based approaches reduce stress and anxiety but face practical barriers to consistent practice; this protocol evaluates a Virtual Reality (VR)-based observation medi...

The role of prompt, voice, and personality factors in the acceptance and evaluation of AI-generated mindfulness exercises.

Scientific reports
AI-generated mindfulness exercises have the potential to provide tailored mindfulness interventions. However, the role of quality of AI-generated mindfulness exercises on their acceptance and evaluation is as of yet underexplored. The present work in...

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Uncover Insights From Breast Cancer Patients' Perceptions to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Interventions.

Holistic nursing practice
The study's central objective is to harness the power of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), in particular based on Large Language Models, as a valuable resource for delving deeper into the insights offered by patients with breast cancer (BC) wh...

Classification of mindfulness experiences from gamma-band effective connectivity: Application of machine-learning algorithms on resting, breathing, and body scan.

Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Practicing mindfulness is a mental process toward interoceptive awareness, achieving stress reduction and emotion regulation through brain-function alteration. Literature has shown that electroencephalography (EEG)-derived c...

Triangulation of Questionnaires, Qualitative Data and Natural Language Processing: A Differential Approach to Religious Bahá'í Fasting in Germany.

Journal of religion and health
Approaches to integrating mixed methods into medical research are gaining popularity. To get a holistic understanding of the effects of behavioural interventions, we investigated religious fasting using a triangulation of quantitative, qualitative, a...

Interpretability of Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Brain Processes Followed by Mindfulness Intervention in a Brain-Inspired Spiking Neural Network Architecture.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Mindfulness training is associated with improvements in psychological wellbeing and cognition, yet the specific underlying neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning these changes are uncertain. This study uses a novel brain-inspired artificial neura...

Spiking Neural Network Modelling Approach Reveals How Mindfulness Training Rewires the Brain.

Scientific reports
There has been substantial interest in Mindfulness Training (MT) to understand how it can benefit healthy individuals as well as people with a broad range of health conditions. Research has begun to delineate associated changes in brain function. How...

Decoding attentional states for neurofeedback: Mindfulness vs. wandering thoughts.

NeuroImage
Neurofeedback requires a direct translation of neuronal brain activity to sensory input given to the user or subject. However, decoding certain states, e.g., mindfulness or wandering thoughts, from ongoing brain activity remains an unresolved problem...

Prescriptive Predictors of Mindfulness Ecological Momentary Intervention for Social Anxiety Disorder: Machine Learning Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial Data.

JMIR mental health
BACKGROUND: Shame and stigma often prevent individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) from seeking and attending costly and time-intensive psychotherapies, highlighting the importance of brief, low-cost, and scalable treatments. Creating prescrip...

The relationship between mindfulness and second language resilience among Chinese English majors: the mediating role of academic hope.

BMC psychology
BACKGROUND: In light of the heightened expectations surrounding the development of foreign language professionals in the age of artificial intelligence and the pursuit of academic excellence in Asian culture, Chinese English majors are faced with tre...