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An EEG Investigation of the Attention-Related Impact of Mindfulness Training in Youth With ADHD: Outcomes and Methodological Considerations 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Sibalis, Annabel,Milligan, Karen,Pun, Carson,McKeough, Trish,Schmidt, Louis A.,Segalowitz, Sidney J.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명MULTI-HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
  • 출판년도2019
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS
  • 발행사항Vol.23No.7[2019]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1087-0547
  • 소개/요약Objective: The current study examined the impact of an activity-based mindfulness treatment on EEG indices of attention in youth with ADHD aged 11 to 17 years compared with a waitlist control group. Method: Pre- and post-treatment, EEG was recorded as participants completed a single-point focus rest task and two active attention tasks. Theta power, beta power, and theta/beta ratio (TBR) were calculated during each task. Results: A significant group by time by task interaction was found that indicated significant improvement in attentional ability, indexed by decreased TBR, for the treatment group but not controls. Conclusion: Findings support the benefit of mindfulness treatment for enhancing attentional control in youth with ADHD and extend the literature by providing evidence of these gains at a neural level. Findings also offer methodological support for the use of active attention tasks when examining mindfulness-related attentional gains in youth with ADHD. Directions for future research are discussed.