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Thank you to my wonderful co-authors. @skhalsa.bsky.social @ch-verdonk.bsky.social @sgoldbergphd.bsky.social @jepusto.bsky.social and others
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Thank you to my wonderful co-authors. @skhalsa.bsky.social @ch-verdonk.bsky.social @sgoldbergphd.bsky.social @jepusto.bsky.social and others
c) studies could incorporate objective measures of interoceptive accuracy (e.g. respiratory threshold discrimination) to examine relationships between subjective experience and objective signals.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
c) studies could incorporate objective measures of interoceptive accuracy (e.g. respiratory threshold discrimination) to examine relationships between subjective experience and objective signals.
b) the vast majority of studies employed the MAIA self-report scale, making it difficult to disentangle differences in subjective experiences
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
b) the vast majority of studies employed the MAIA self-report scale, making it difficult to disentangle differences in subjective experiences
a) no studies incorporated youth, which is a critical period for emotional and cognitive development.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
a) no studies incorporated youth, which is a critical period for emotional and cognitive development.
We make a number of recommendations for future mindfulness research:
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We make a number of recommendations for future mindfulness research:
Instead, attitudes may be key. Namely, a more accepting and non-judgmental attitude towards all experiences.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Instead, attitudes may be key. Namely, a more accepting and non-judgmental attitude towards all experiences.
We also were unable to find any effects of intervention length, dosage, or quality. Effects were similar for interventions compared to active or passive controls. This suggests that the meditation practice itself might not be key for interoception benefits.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We also were unable to find any effects of intervention length, dosage, or quality. Effects were similar for interventions compared to active or passive controls. This suggests that the meditation practice itself might not be key for interoception benefits.
However, there were a number of questions that we were unable to conclusively answer. We don't currently know what aspects of subjective interoception change the most, who benefits the most, and how changes are related to decreases in mental distress.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
However, there were a number of questions that we were unable to conclusively answer. We don't currently know what aspects of subjective interoception change the most, who benefits the most, and how changes are related to decreases in mental distress.
Our meta-analysis strongly supports this theory, finding consistent, low heterogeneity effects of mindfulness trainings beyond control conditions on self-reported interoception. We are also confident in this finding because there was no evidence of publication bias.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our meta-analysis strongly supports this theory, finding consistent, low heterogeneity effects of mindfulness trainings beyond control conditions on self-reported interoception. We are also confident in this finding because there was no evidence of publication bias.
Self-reported interoception refers to the subjective experience, regulation, and awareness and of internal bodily signals. Mindfulness may have mental health benefits because it helps cultivate more adaptive and positive subjective interoception.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Self-reported interoception refers to the subjective experience, regulation, and awareness and of internal bodily signals. Mindfulness may have mental health benefits because it helps cultivate more adaptive and positive subjective interoception.
Nice to see this out! Congratulations!
August 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Nice to see this out! Congratulations!
April 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Future studies could consist of developing better personalization algorithms to improve signals of focus and calm and conduct observational studies to witness the use of devices in the wild.
April 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Future studies could consist of developing better personalization algorithms to improve signals of focus and calm and conduct observational studies to witness the use of devices in the wild.
My fellow researchers and I are bullish about the possibility of technology making mindfulness more accessible and fun for new people, but bearish about the ability of consumer-grade technology to measure signals with high fidelity. Lab-based studies with fMRI and EEG may perform better.
April 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My fellow researchers and I are bullish about the possibility of technology making mindfulness more accessible and fun for new people, but bearish about the ability of consumer-grade technology to measure signals with high fidelity. Lab-based studies with fMRI and EEG may perform better.
Small decreases in stress are observed, but no effects on cognition, mindfulness, brain measures from the devices, and physiology are observed. Placebo effects have not been conclusively controlled for.
April 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Small decreases in stress are observed, but no effects on cognition, mindfulness, brain measures from the devices, and physiology are observed. Placebo effects have not been conclusively controlled for.
Our findings show that there is so far comparatively little evidence that you can enhance your meditation with devices like MUSE.
April 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Our findings show that there is so far comparatively little evidence that you can enhance your meditation with devices like MUSE.
There is a lot of hype out there for devices like MUSE that can show you your real-time brainwaves while you meditate. These devices convert brainwaves into signals of 'calm' or 'focus', and the goal is to modulate them.
April 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
There is a lot of hype out there for devices like MUSE that can show you your real-time brainwaves while you meditate. These devices convert brainwaves into signals of 'calm' or 'focus', and the goal is to modulate them.
This research could not have been conducted without the support of my co-authors , as well as NIH funding.
February 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This research could not have been conducted without the support of my co-authors , as well as NIH funding.
For the sake of neuromodulation paradigms to enhance attention and facilitate meditation, we may want to focus more on states that are sensitive to actual performance.
February 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
For the sake of neuromodulation paradigms to enhance attention and facilitate meditation, we may want to focus more on states that are sensitive to actual performance.
This suggests a dissociation between brain correlates of overt task differences (motivation, arousal) vs brain correlates of attentional focus .
February 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This suggests a dissociation between brain correlates of overt task differences (motivation, arousal) vs brain correlates of attentional focus .
This supports the possibility of different network configurations during tasks. Interestingly, a set of different states (like a globally connected state) was related to fluctuations within-people during the task itself.
February 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This supports the possibility of different network configurations during tasks. Interestingly, a set of different states (like a globally connected state) was related to fluctuations within-people during the task itself.
Then we examined breathing vs rest, as is typical in most studies, but also within-task fluctuations in attention, which is a more novel step. Using dynamic brain state analysis, we uncovered states that were more present during the breath counting , like a state involving the default-mode network.
February 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Then we examined breathing vs rest, as is typical in most studies, but also within-task fluctuations in attention, which is a more novel step. Using dynamic brain state analysis, we uncovered states that were more present during the breath counting , like a state involving the default-mode network.