Differences in Emotional Conflict Processing between High and Low Mindfulness Adolescents: An ERP Study

Mindfulness is a state of concentration that allows individuals to focus on their feelings and thoughts without judgment. However, little is known regarding the underlying neural processes of mindfulness. This study used ERPs to investigate the differences between high and low trait mindfulness adol...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-03, Vol.19 (5), p.2891
Main Authors: Chen, Xiaomin, Deng, Xinmei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Brain research
Conflict, Psychological
EEG
Emotional regulation
Emotions
Event-related potentials
Evoked Potentials - physiology
Humans
Information processing
Mindfulness
Neurosciences
Stroop Test
Teenagers
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Summary:Mindfulness is a state of concentration that allows individuals to focus on their feelings and thoughts without judgment. However, little is known regarding the underlying neural processes of mindfulness. This study used ERPs to investigate the differences between high and low trait mindfulness adolescents during emotional conflict processing. Nineteen low mindfulness adolescents (LMSs) and sixteen high mindfulness adolescent (HMSs) individuals were asked to complete a face Stroop task. The task superimposed emotional words on emotional faces to generate congruent (CC) and incongruent (IC) conditions. Continuous electroencephalogram data were recorded during the face Stroop task. Results revealed that for N450, the interaction of congruency and group was significant. The incongruent trials evoked a larger N450 than the congruent trials in the HMSs, whereas there were no significant differences between the two conditions in the LMSs. There were significant main effects of congruency for SP (slow potential). The incongruent trials evoked a larger SP than the congruent trials. The results suggest that mindfulness may only affect early conflict monitoring rather than later conflict resolution. The findings expand the neural basis of the effect of mindfulness on inhibitory control.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph19052891