Brief meditation training induces smoking reduction.
Brief meditation training induces smoking reduction.
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短暂的冥想训练可以减少吸烟。
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.1311887110
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Posner,MichaelI
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作者：
Tang,Yi-Yuan;Tang,Rongxiang;Posner,MichaelI
每年有超过500万人死于吸烟，但帮助人们戒烟或减少吸烟的尝试往往失败，部分原因可能是戒烟的意图激活了与渴望相关的大脑网络。我们招募了对一般减压感兴趣的参与者，并随机将他们分配到冥想训练组或放松训练组。在吸烟者中，2周的冥想训练（总共5小时）显著减少了60%的吸烟量；在松弛控制中没有发现减少。静息状态脑部扫描显示，冥想组的前扣带皮层和前额叶皮层活动增加，这两个大脑区域与自我控制有关。这些结果表明，短暂的冥想训练可以提高自我控制能力，减少吸烟。
More than 5 million deaths a year are attributable to tobacco smoking, but attempts to help people either quit or reduce their smoking often fail, perhaps in part because the intention to quit activates brain networks related to craving. We recruited participants interested in general stress reduction and randomly assigned them to meditation training or a relaxation training control. Among smokers, 2 wk of meditation training (5 h in total) produced a significant reduction in smoking of 60%; no reduction was found in the relaxation control. Resting-state brain scans showed increased activity for the meditation group in the anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex, brain areas related to self-control. These results suggest that brief meditation training improves self-control capacity and reduces smoking.