Dissecting De-automatization

Mindfulness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Dissecting De-automatization: The Effect of Mindfulness Training on Unconscious Habit Formation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03456505
• Other study ID #: IRB_00088540
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 15, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: September 2018
• Source: University of Utah
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The proposed study will assess the effects of mindfulness meditation training on an eye blink conditioning (EBC) task in a sample of novice meditators. This methodology will allow investigation of whether mindfulness interrupts classical conditioning through the process of de-automatization. Implicit learning rates, as reflective of unconscious habit formation and measured by the frequency of conditioned responses during the EBC, will be a main outcome of interest. The proposed study will also assess the effects of mindfulness meditation training on an emotion regulation (ER) task, with a specific focus on reappraisal of negative images and savoring of positive images.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 53
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18-60,

2. willingness to participate in study interventions and assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Prior experience with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, or Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention, or a history of meditation practice,

2. Learning disability, significant memory problems or significant attentional disruptions as determined by self-report,

3. History of head injury resulting in loss of consciousness.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mindfulness

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mindfulness Meditation Training
A researcher will guide participants through 5 mindfulness meditations, each lasting 11 minutes in length.
• Active Listening
A researcher will read participants 5 selections from The Natural History of Selborne, each lasting 11 minutes in length.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Utah	Salt Lake City	Utah

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Utah

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Conditioned Eyeblink Frequency	Between group differences in the frequency of conditioned eyeblinks over the six reinforcement blocks.	9 minutes
Secondary	Positive Emotion Regulation Task	Between group differences in affective change occasioned by savoring positive images will be measured by comparing increases in self-reported positive affect (5-point Likert scale) from pre- to post- positive image, viewing block.	5 minutes
Secondary	Negative Emotion Regulation Task	Between group differences in affective change occasioned by positively reappraising negative images will be measured by comparing increases in self-reported negative affect (5-point Likert scale) from pre- to post- negative image, viewing block.	5 minutes
Secondary	Self-Transcendence (NADA-State)	Between group differences in the degree to which mindfulness training alters participants' sense of self as measured by the nondaul awareness dimension assessment's (NADA) state form.	2 minutes