Modulating affective experience and emotional intelligence with loving kindness meditation and transcranial direct current stimulation: A pilot study.
Loving kindness meditation
affective experience
emotional intelligence
positive affect
transcranial direct current stimulation
Journal
Social neuroscience
ISSN: 1747-0927
Titre abrégé: Soc Neurosci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101279009
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2019
02 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
27
10
2017
medline:
30
4
2020
entrez:
26
10
2017
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Positive emotional perceptions and healthy emotional intelligence (EI) are important for social functioning. In this study, we investigated whether loving kindness meditation (LKM) combined with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) would facilitate improvements in EI and changes in affective experience of visual stimuli. LKM has been shown to increase positive emotional experiences and we hypothesized that tDCS could enhance these effects. Eighty-seven undergraduates were randomly assigned to 30 minutes of LKM or a relaxation control recording with anodal tDCS applied to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (left dlPFC) or right temporoparietal junction (right TPJ) at 0.1 or 2.0 milliamps. The primary outcomes were self-reported affect ratings of images from the International Affective Picture System and EI as measured by the Mayer, Salovey and Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test. Results indicated no effects of training on EI, and no main effects of LKM, electrode placement, or tDCS current strength on affect ratings. There was a significant interaction of electrode placement by meditation condition (
Identifiants
pubmed: 29067880
doi: 10.1080/17470919.2017.1397054
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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