ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2018
Frontal Alpha EEG Asymmetry Before and After Positive Psychological Interventions for Medical Students.
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- The effectiveness of interventions designed to enhance and maintain medical student wellbeing: a systematic review.BMC medical education · 2026Pooled it
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- Analysis of Short-Term Subjective Well-Being/Comfort and Its Correlation to Different EEG Metrics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Neural efficiency in EFL learning and positive psychology.PloS one · 2025Article
- VR Cognitive-based Intervention for Enhancing Cognitive Functions and Well-being in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Behavioral and EEG Evidence.Psychosocial intervention · 2025Article
- Robots as Mental Health Coaches: A Study of Emotional Responses to Technology-Assisted Stress Management Tasks Using Physiological Signals.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- An Analysis of the Correlation between the Asymmetry of Different EEG-Sensor Locations in Diverse Frequency Bands and Short-Term Subjective Well-Being Changes.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Analysis of the Correlation between Frontal Alpha Asymmetry of Electroencephalography and Short-Term Subjective Well-Being Changes.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Brain imaging studies of emotional well-being: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Use of neuroimaging to measure neurocognitive engagement in health professions education: a scoping review.Medical education online · 2022Article
- Probing fMRI brain connectivity and activity changes during emotion regulation by EEG neurofeedback.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Electroencephalography Correlates of Well-Being Using a Low-Cost Wearable System.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Alleviating Job-Related Burnout in Medical Professionals through Guided Imagery Hypnotherapy.Journal of evidence-based integrative medicineArticle
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Abstract
Subjective well-being (SWB) refers to traits concerned with happiness, fulfillment and enrichment and is a substantial predictor of a flourishing life. Interest in the promotion of well-being has blossomed in recent years, and it is widely reported that positive psychological interventions (PPIs) can effectively improve SWB. However, to date, the neural correlates of PPIs remain elusive. Since previous research has suggested that emotion regulation might be the theoretical foundation for potential working mechanisms, here we used electroencephalography (EEG) techniques to identify whether the intentional increase of subjective well-being through PPIs was associated with greater tonic left frontal activation. Fifty-five students met the inclusion criteria and were allocated to a randomized controlled trial that was single blinded. The intervention group received PPIs once a week for 10 weeks ( CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ChiCTR-ROC-17012636.
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