Gaspare Alfì

2 papers in the library · 43 citations · publishing 2021-2024

Papers

Interoceptive Ability and Emotion Regulation in Mind-Body Interventions: An Integrative Review.

Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) November 18, 2024 Alessandro Lazzarelli, Francesca Scafuto, Cristiano Crescentini et al. 30 citations

Interoceptive ability—detecting and interpreting body signals—can be trained through mind-body interventions and is central to emotion regulation. Mindfulness meditation improves both interoceptive ability and emotion regulation via top-down brain-body processing. Interventions using bottom-up processing through body movement and emotional expression remain under-investigated. The authors argue that interoceptive ability is a crucial aspect linking mind-body interventions to emotion regulation and suggest that studying it with both quantitative and qualitative methods could integrate top-down and bottom-up emotion processing, observational and non-observational body awareness, and conscious and unconscious levels of interoception.

DOI: 10.3390/bs14111107 Full text Mindfulness Emotion regulation Emotional expression Interoceptive ability +1

The Consciousness State of Traditional Nidrâ Yoga/Modern Yoga Nidra: Phenomenological Characterization and Preliminary Insights from an EEG Study.

International journal of yoga therapy January 1, 2021 Andrea Zaccaro, André Riehl, Andrea Piarulli et al. 13 citations

Yoga nidra, an ancient meditative practice, induces an altered state of consciousness distinct from sleep. In a preliminary study, six healthy volunteers completed 12 guided sessions during a retreat. EEG recordings showed no sleep markers (K-complexes or spindles) during practice. Compared to a resting baseline, participants reported increased dissociative effects, altered body image, reduced rational thinking, and less volitional thought control. One subject's EEG analysis revealed early increases in alpha, beta, and theta power followed by reductions, with gamma power rising in later stages. These findings suggest yoga nidra produces a unique psychophysiological state, though larger studies are needed.

DOI: 10.17761/2021-d-20-00014 Full text Meditation Phenomenology Consciousness Electroencephalogram EEG +2