Does a 15-minute brief mindfulness breathing exercise temporarily enhance inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility? A within-subject experimental approach

Intensive mindfulness practices have been shown to improve cognitive abilities such as executive functions. However, most of these mindfulness-based practices require the participants to be involved either an extended immersive experience or repeated daily practice that may span over multiple weeks...

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Main Authors: HARTANTO, Andree, KASTURIRATNA, K. T. A. Sandeeshwara, CHUA, Yi Jing, NGO, Judy Abigail, ONG, Shi Ying Jolene, QUEK, Frosch Yi Xuan, SOH, Xun Ci, MAJEED, Nadyanna M.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-51392024-11-26T00:55:08Z Does a 15-minute brief mindfulness breathing exercise temporarily enhance inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility? A within-subject experimental approach HARTANTO, Andree KASTURIRATNA, K. T. A. Sandeeshwara CHUA, Yi Jing NGO, Judy Abigail ONG, Shi Ying Jolene QUEK, Frosch Yi Xuan SOH, Xun Ci MAJEED, Nadyanna M. Intensive mindfulness practices have been shown to improve cognitive abilities such as executive functions. However, most of these mindfulness-based practices require the participants to be involved either an extended immersive experience or repeated daily practice that may span over multiple weeks or months. Extending from the promising effect of intensive mindfulness training, recent studies have also suggested that a single session of brief mindfulness training is sufficient to temporarily enhance cognitive functions. However, the positive effect of brief mindfulness was not always consistent. In view of the inconsistent findings, the current study aims to critically examine the effectiveness of a single-session 15-minute brief mindfulness exercise on both inhibitory control and task-switching using a within-subject experimental design (N = 117). Contrary to our hypothesis, we did not find any evidence that engaging in a brief mindfulness exercise enhanced performance in the flanker task or color-shape task-switching paradigm. These results suggest that a mindfulness intervention of short duration may not be sufficient to immediately enhance higher-order cognitive processes such as inhibitory control and task-switching. 2023-11-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3881 info:doi/10.1525/collabra.90219 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5139/viewcontent/collabra_2023_9_1_90219_pvoa_cc_by.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University brief mindfulness executive functions inhibitory control task-switching within-subject design Cognition and Perception Social Psychology
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topic brief mindfulness
executive functions
inhibitory control
task-switching
within-subject design
Cognition and Perception
Social Psychology
spellingShingle brief mindfulness
executive functions
inhibitory control
task-switching
within-subject design
Cognition and Perception
Social Psychology
HARTANTO, Andree
KASTURIRATNA, K. T. A. Sandeeshwara
CHUA, Yi Jing
NGO, Judy Abigail
ONG, Shi Ying Jolene
QUEK, Frosch Yi Xuan
SOH, Xun Ci
MAJEED, Nadyanna M.
Does a 15-minute brief mindfulness breathing exercise temporarily enhance inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility? A within-subject experimental approach
description Intensive mindfulness practices have been shown to improve cognitive abilities such as executive functions. However, most of these mindfulness-based practices require the participants to be involved either an extended immersive experience or repeated daily practice that may span over multiple weeks or months. Extending from the promising effect of intensive mindfulness training, recent studies have also suggested that a single session of brief mindfulness training is sufficient to temporarily enhance cognitive functions. However, the positive effect of brief mindfulness was not always consistent. In view of the inconsistent findings, the current study aims to critically examine the effectiveness of a single-session 15-minute brief mindfulness exercise on both inhibitory control and task-switching using a within-subject experimental design (N = 117). Contrary to our hypothesis, we did not find any evidence that engaging in a brief mindfulness exercise enhanced performance in the flanker task or color-shape task-switching paradigm. These results suggest that a mindfulness intervention of short duration may not be sufficient to immediately enhance higher-order cognitive processes such as inhibitory control and task-switching.
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author HARTANTO, Andree
KASTURIRATNA, K. T. A. Sandeeshwara
CHUA, Yi Jing
NGO, Judy Abigail
ONG, Shi Ying Jolene
QUEK, Frosch Yi Xuan
SOH, Xun Ci
MAJEED, Nadyanna M.
author_facet HARTANTO, Andree
KASTURIRATNA, K. T. A. Sandeeshwara
CHUA, Yi Jing
NGO, Judy Abigail
ONG, Shi Ying Jolene
QUEK, Frosch Yi Xuan
SOH, Xun Ci
MAJEED, Nadyanna M.
author_sort HARTANTO, Andree
title Does a 15-minute brief mindfulness breathing exercise temporarily enhance inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility? A within-subject experimental approach
title_short Does a 15-minute brief mindfulness breathing exercise temporarily enhance inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility? A within-subject experimental approach
title_full Does a 15-minute brief mindfulness breathing exercise temporarily enhance inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility? A within-subject experimental approach
title_fullStr Does a 15-minute brief mindfulness breathing exercise temporarily enhance inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility? A within-subject experimental approach
title_full_unstemmed Does a 15-minute brief mindfulness breathing exercise temporarily enhance inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility? A within-subject experimental approach
title_sort does a 15-minute brief mindfulness breathing exercise temporarily enhance inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility? a within-subject experimental approach
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2023
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3881
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