Effects of Brief and Sham Mindfulness Meditation on Mood and Cardiovascular Variables
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine July 28, 2010 Fadel Zeidan, Susan K. Johnson, Nakia S. Gordon et al. 323 citations
Three days of brief mindfulness meditation training (one hour total) reduced negative mood, depression, fatigue, confusion, and heart rate in 82 undergraduates with no prior meditation experience, compared to both a sham meditation group and a control group. The improvements exceeded those attributable to demand characteristics, indicating genuine beneficial effects of brief meditation on mood and cardiovascular variables.