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Effect of mindfulness meditation on brain–computer interface performance
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posted on 2023-06-08, 21:32 authored by Lee-Fan Tan, Zoltan DienesZoltan Dienes, Ashok Jansari, Sing-Yau GohElectroencephalogram based brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) enable stroke and motor neuron disease patients to communicate and control devices. Mindfulness meditation has been claimed to enhance metacognitive regulation. The current study explores whether mindfulness meditation training can thus improve the performance of BCI users. To eliminate the possibility of expectation of improvement influencing the results, we introduced a music training condition. A norming study found that both meditation and music interventions elicited clear expectations for improvement on the BCI task, with the strength of expectation being closely matched. In the main 12 week intervention study, seventy-six healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to three groups: a meditation training group; a music training group; and a no treatment control group. The mindfulness meditation training group obtained a significantly higher BCI accuracy compared to both the music training and no-treatment control groups after the intervention, indicating effects of meditation above and beyond expectancy effects.
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Consciousness and CognitionISSN
1053-8100Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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23Page range
12-21Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2015-07-10First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2015-07-10Usage metrics
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