Injuries, Brain Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Effect of Mindfulness on Stimulus Over-selectivity and Selective Attention to Threat Following Acquired Brain Injury
Can mindfulness help with attention and emotion difficulties after a brain injury?
People who have a brain injury often have problems with their attention and emotions. This
study will see if a short mindfulness task can help with these problems. So far, there are
not many studies looking at this and those that do show mixed results. When being mindful
someone is aware of their attention and focuses on the present moment without passing
judgement. This study focuses on over-selectivity and selective attention to threat after a
brain injury. These are two concepts involved in attention and emotion problems.
Over-selectivity is when someone focuses on only one thing around them and misses other key
things. Selective attention to threat is when someone's focus is drawn to something around
them that is seen as threatening. This has been shown to cause and keep anxious feelings
going. This research will see if a short mindfulness task can help those with a brain injury
by reducing overselectivity and selective attention to threat on two tasks. Participants will
be recruited from NHS and non-NHS brain injury services. The study will take around two hours
to complete for each participant. In summary, this study looks to see if a specific
mindfulness exercise can be helpful for specific attention and emotion problems. It could be
a first step in making treatment better and giving more treatment options for those with a
brain injury.
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