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Mindfulness Meditation May Enhance Working Memory Capacity

Baranski, Michael Francis Stephen
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1511986952024453

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2017, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Working memory is a core cognitive construct that is thought to support many forms of higher-order cognition. If such a core cognitive construct could be enhanced, this should lead to improvement in higher-order cognition supported by working memory. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to improve functioning of the working memory system, but no study has yet met the necessary criteria (i.e., using multiple, valid outcome measures that are different from the trained tasks; using an active, adaptive control group) for concluding that working memory capacity has been improved. The current study includes the necessary criteria by comparing two weeks of mindfulness meditation training to active, adaptive cognitive (i.e., memory and attention) training regarding improvement on multiple, valid indicators of working memory capacity. The results showed that only the mindfulness meditation group significantly improved working memory capacity following training, yet there were no group differences. In conclusion, mindfulness meditation may enhance working memory capacity; this was demonstrated while meeting almost all necessary criteria for validly concluding that working memory capacity has been improved.
Christopher Was , PhD (Advisor)
Dave Fresco, PhD (Committee Member)
Joel Hughes, PhD (Committee Member)
Katherine Rawson, PhD (Committee Member)
50 p.
Psychology
Mindfulness Meditation, Working Memory Capacity, Cognitive Training

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  • Baranski, M. F. S. (2017). Mindfulness Meditation May Enhance Working Memory Capacity [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1511986952024453

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Baranski, Michael. Mindfulness Meditation May Enhance Working Memory Capacity. 2017. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1511986952024453.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Baranski, Michael. "Mindfulness Meditation May Enhance Working Memory Capacity." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1511986952024453

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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