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Aging Mindfully to Minimize Cognitive Decline

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dc.contributor.authorKurth, Florianen
dc.contributor.authorCherbuin, Nicolasen
dc.contributor.authorLuders, Eileenen
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-11T18:41:39Z
dc.date.available2026-06-11T18:41:39Z
dc.date.issued2017en
dc.description.abstractAging is known to be associated with a decline in cognitive performance and ability. However, it has been shown that programs geared towards training cognitive processes can amend or even reverse age-related cognitive decline, at least partly. Engaging the brain in intense mental processes, such as those occurring during meditation, might constitute a form of cognitive training. Thus, if practiced regularly, with a certain level of intensity, and over longer periods of time, meditation may be a means to counteract the normal effects of aging on cognition. Although systematic research is still sparse, existing studies seem to provide initial data suggesting that meditation improves cognition overall (independent of aging) and, perhaps even more importantly, reduces age-related cognitive decline. This review integrates the existing literature on cognitive changes due to aging as well as induced (or enhanced) by meditation, while identifying critical links still missing to unambiguously ascertain whether meditation can significantly contribute to optimizing and delaying brain aging.en
dc.description.sponsorshipE.L. is supported by the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).en
dc.description.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.format.extent7en
dc.identifier.issn2509-3290en
dc.identifier.otherORCID:/0000-0001-6481-0748/work/217157164en
dc.identifier.scopus85031723471en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733811125
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsPublisher Copyright: © 2017, Springer International Publishing.en
dc.sourceJournal of Cognitive Enhancementen
dc.subjectAgingen
dc.subjectAttentionen
dc.subjectBrainen
dc.subjectCognitionen
dc.subjectMeditationen
dc.subjectMemoryen
dc.subjectMindfulnessen
dc.subjectPlasticityen
dc.titleAging Mindfully to Minimize Cognitive Declineen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage114en
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage108en
local.contributor.affiliationKurth, Florian; University of California at Los Angelesen
local.contributor.affiliationCherbuin, Nicolas; The Australian National Universityen
local.contributor.affiliationLuders, Eileen; The Australian National Universityen
local.identifier.citationvolume1en
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s41465-017-0027-2en
local.identifier.pure188ecd1c-dfed-48f2-a79d-743df18ed231en
local.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85031723471en
local.type.statusPublisheden

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