Trial reportPloS one2015
Minds "at attention": mindfulness training curbs attentional lapses in military cohorts.
Trial report in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 43 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Investigating Train the Trainer Delivery of Mindfulness-based Training- Ft. Drum Soldiers
Promoting Wellbeing in Military Spouses With Training
Mindfulness Training in U.S. Army Cohorts
Mindfulness Influences on Self-regulation: Mental and Physical Health Implications -- Integrating Mindfulness Into the Patient-Centered Medical Home (Phase 3)
Who cites it
43 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Relative Accuracy of Different Methods for Measuring Mind Wandering Subtypes: A Systematic Review.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Mindfulness-based Programs on Cognitive Function in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2022Pooled it
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- The effects of mindfulness based stress reduction on students at a senior military college.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Trial
- Mindfulness and music interventions in the workplace: assessment of sustained attention and working memory using a crowdsourcing approach.BMC psychology · 2022Trial
- Attentional control may be modifiable with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Suicide.Behaviour research and therapy · 2021Trial
- Mindfulness training preserves sustained attention and resting state anticorrelation between default-mode network and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: A randomized controlled trial.Human brain mapping · 2020Trial
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- Mindfulness on-the-go: Effects of a mindfulness meditation app on work stress and well-being.Journal of occupational health psychology · 2019Trial
- Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP): Stage 1 single-arm clinical trial.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Mindfulness-based resilience training to reduce health risk, stress reactivity, and aggression among law enforcement officers: A feasibility and preliminary efficacy trial.Psychiatry research · 2018Trial
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- Brief mindfulness meditation training reduces mind wandering: The critical role of acceptance.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2017Trial
- Electrical stimulation of the trigeminal nerve improves olfaction in healthy individuals: A randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial.Brain stimulationTrial
- Contemplative Training to Bolster University Employees' Mental Health, Well-Being, and Workplace Wellness: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2026Observational
- Mindfulness Training in Military Settings: Emerging Evidence and Best-Practice Guidance.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Seniors-An Exploratory Semi-Randomized Examination of Decentering Effects on Cognitive Functions and Psychological Distress.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dissociating and linking divergent effects of emotion on cognition: insights from current research and emerging directions.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Mindfulness-Based Attention Training in the Navy: A Feasibility Study.Psychological reports · 2024Article
- Mindfulness Training in High-Demand Cohorts Alters Resting-State Electroencephalography: An Exploratory Investigation of Individual Alpha Frequency, Aperiodic 1/Biological psychiatry global open science · 2024Article
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Abstract
We investigated the impact of mindfulness training (MT) on attentional performance lapses associated with task-unrelated thought (i.e., mind wandering). Periods of persistent and intensive demands may compromise attention and increase off-task thinking. Here, we investigated if MT may mitigate these deleterious effects and promote cognitive resilience in military cohorts enduring a high-demand interval of predeployment training. To better understand which aspects of MT programs are most beneficial, three military cohorts were examined. Two of the three groups were provided MT. One group received an 8-hour, 8-week variant of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT) emphasizing engagement in training exercises (training-focused MT, n = 40), a second group received a didactic-focused variant emphasizing content regarding stress and resilience (didactic-focused MT, n = 40), and the third group served as a no-training control (NTC, n = 24). Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) performance was indexed in all military groups and a no-training civilian group (CIV, n = 45) before (T1) and after (T2) the MT course period. Attentional performance (measured by A', a sensitivity index) was lower in NTC vs. CIV at T2, suggesting that performance suffers after enduring a high-demand predeployment interval relative to a similar time period of civilian life. Yet, there were significantly fewer performance lapses in the military cohorts receiving MT relative to NTC, with training-focused MT outperforming didactic-focused MT at T2. From T1 to T2, A' degraded in NTC and didactic-focused MT but remained stable in training-focused MT and CIV. In sum, while protracted periods of high-demand military training may increase attentional performance lapses, practice-focused MT programs akin to training-focused MT may bolster attentional performance more than didactic-focused programs. As such, training-focused MT programs should be further examined in cohorts experiencing protracted high-demand intervals.
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