Authors
Tim Whitfield, Thorsten Barnhofer, Rebecca Acabchuk, Avi Cohen, Michael Lee, Marco Schlosser, Eider M Arenaza-Urquijo, Adriana Böttcher, Willoughby Britton, Nina Coll-Padros, Fabienne Collette, Gaël Chételat, Sophie Dautricourt, Harriet Demnitz-King, Travis Dumais, Olga Klimecki, Dix Meiberth, Inès Moulinet, Theresa Müller, Elizabeth Parsons, Lauren Sager, Lena Sannemann, Jodi Scharf, Ann-Katrin Schild, Edelweiss Touron, Miranka Wirth, Zuzana Walker, Ethan Moitra, Antoine Lutz, Sara W Lazar, David Vago, Natalie L Marchant
Publication date
2022/9
Source
Neuropsychology Review
Volume
32
Issue
3
Pages
677-702
Publisher
Springer US
Description
Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) are increasingly utilized to improve mental health. Interest in the putative effects of MBPs on cognitive function is also growing. This is the first meta-analysis of objective cognitive outcomes across multiple domains from randomized MBP studies of adults. Seven databases were systematically searched to January 2020. Fifty-six unique studies (n = 2,931) were included, of which 45 (n = 2,238) were synthesized using robust variance estimation meta-analysis. Meta-regression and subgroup analyses evaluated moderators. Pooling data across cognitive domains, the summary effect size for all studies favored MBPs over comparators and was small in magnitude (g = 0.15; [0.05, 0.24]). Across subgroup analyses of individual cognitive domains/subdomains, MBPs outperformed comparators for executive function (g = 0.15; [0.02, 0.27]) and working memory outcomes …
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