scholarly journals Coherence between emotional experience and physiology: Does body awareness training have an impact?

Emotion ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 803-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn A. Sze ◽  
Anett Gyurak ◽  
Joyce W. Yuan ◽  
Robert W. Levenson
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Awareness Training

scholarly journals The impact of mind-body awareness training on the early learning of a brain-computer interface

TECHNOLOGY ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
pp. 254-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlin Cassady ◽  
Albert You ◽  
Alex Doud ◽  
Bin He
Keyword(s):  
Human Subjects ◽  
Brain Computer Interface ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Computer Interface ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Bci System

Brain-computer interface (BCI) systems allow users to interact with their environment by bypassing muscular control to tap directly into the users' thoughts. In the present study, we investigate the role of prior experience with yoga and meditation, examples of formalized mind-body awareness training (MBAT), in learning to use a one-dimensional sensorimotor rhythm based BCI. Thirty-six human subjects volunteered to participate in two different cohorts based on past experience with MBAT — experienced MBAT practitioners and controls. All subjects participated in three BCI experiments to achieve competency in controlling the BCI system. The MBAT cohort achieved BCI competency significantly faster than the control cohort. In addition, the MBAT cohort demonstrated enhanced ability to control the system on various measures of BCI performance and improved significantly more over time when compared to control. Our work provides insight into valuable strategies for reducing barriers to BCI fluency that limit the more widespread use of these systems.

scholarly journals A pilot study of mindful body awareness training as an adjunct to office-based medication treatment of opioid use disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia J. Price ◽  
Joseph O. Merrill ◽  
Rachelle L. McCarty ◽  
Kenneth C. Pike ◽  
Judith I. Tsui
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Opioid Use Disorder ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Medication Treatment

scholarly journals Non-Suicidal Self-injury is associated with Multidimensional Deficits in Interoception: Evidence from Three Studies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayley Anne Young ◽  
Jason Davies ◽  
David Benton
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
The Body ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Direct Injury ◽  
History Of ◽  
Interoceptive Accuracy

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the deliberate and direct injury of one’s own body tissue without suicidal intent. As the known risk factors for NSSI predispose to a range of psychiatric disorders, there is a limited understanding of the specific individual differences that result in NSSI. Therefore, in three studies, a multidimensional approach examined the novel proposition that deficiencies in aspects of interoceptive processing represent one such individual difference. Study 1 and study 2 used principal component analysis to explore the underlying structure of the sub-scales from a variety of body awareness questionnaires. Three components emerged that were replicated across both studies; ‘interoceptive and emotional ambivalence’; ‘interoceptive awareness’; ‘interoceptive appreciation’. Study 3 extended the model examining the link between NSSI and the objective interoceptive index; ‘interoceptive accuracy’. Those with a history of NSSI were characterised by a difficulty in distinguishing and interpreting interoceptive signals and this effect was mediated by a low appreciation of these sensations. These effects were reliable across all three studies. In study 3, NSSI was also associated with lower interoceptive accuracy. These data suggest that a failure to accurately detect and conceptualise interoceptive signals may lead to a depreciation of the body, predisposing to NSSI. NSSI may serve to resolve the resulting state of emotional and interoceptive uncertainty associated with the body’s function in emotional experience. These findings offer new insight into the interoceptive processes that underlie NSSI and suggest specific pathways that could be addressed during clinical interventions.

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