Min Jung Lee, Wook Oh, Ja Soon Jang, Ju Young Lee
A pilot study: Horticulture-related activities significantly reduce stress levels and salivary cortisol concentration of maladjusted elementary school children
Complementary therapies in medicine
aimed assess association meditation practice cognitive function time among middleaged older adults included health retirement study hrs participants assessed meditation practice year 2000 part hrs alternative medicine module n 1160 followed outcomes 20002016 period examined association meditation twice week vs noneless frequent practice changes outcomes recall global cognitive function quantitative reasoning using generalized linear regression models stratified analyses among persons withwithout selfreported baseline depressive symptoms conducted assess link meditation cognitive outcomes among full study sample meditation twice week significantly associated total recall 95 ci 097 057 p 061 global cognitive function 95 ci 101 112 p 092 quantitative reasoning 95 ci 3127 832 p 026 however among selfreported depressive symptoms baseline meditation twice week associated improvement cognitive outcomes total recall 95 ci 003 018 p 001 global cognitive function 95 ci 005 040 p 001 time frequent meditation practice might protective effect cognitive outcomes time protection could limited without selfreported baseline depressive symptoms future studies could incorporate precise meditation practice assessment investigate effect meditation cognitive outcomes time include rigorous study designs randomized group assignment study preregistered