Previous research has shown that long-term mindfulness
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Previous research has shown that long-term mindfulness training has beneficial effects on cognitive functioning and emotional regulation, but results are mixed regarding single mindfulness exercises, especially on attention and memory tasks
Evidence profile
Stated in the abstract section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2015 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 87 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Impact of mindfulness training on depression and walking ability in patients with lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans and depression (2026) · World Journal of Psychiatry · doi
Mindfulness-based interventions have demonstrated efficacy in improving mood and coping ability in patients with various chronic illnesses; however, their specific impact on the dual burden of depression and walking ability in patients with LEAOD remains unclear.
generalstated in abstractevidence 5/5Keywords: ability patients mindfulness based interventions efficacy improving mood coping various chronic illnesses specific impact dual - Effects of a Focused Breathing Mindfulness Exercise on Attention, Memory, and Mood: The Importance of Task Characteristics (2018) · Behaviour Change · cited 29× · doi
Previous research has shown that long-term mindfulness training has beneficial effects on cognitive functioning and emotional regulation, but results are mixed regarding single mindfulness exercises, especially on attention and memory tasks.
generalstated in abstractevidence 4/5Keywords: mindfulness previous long term training beneficial effects cognitive functioning emotional regulation mixed regarding single exercises - Simultaneous Treatment of Neurocognitive and Psychiatric Symptoms in Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (2015) · Military Medicine · cited 58× · doi
Application of mindfulness-based interventions to address either cognitive or psychiatric symptoms in isolation appears efficacious in many contexts; however, it remains unclear whether this type of intervention might help address simultaneous neurocognitive and psychiatric symptomatology.
generalstated in abstractevidence 2/5Keywords: address psychiatric application mindfulness based interventions either cognitive symptoms isolation appears efficacious contexts remains unclear
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