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PBL3: Mindfulness and Memory - LO4: Benefits of mindfulness on academic…
PBL3: Mindfulness and Memory - LO4: Benefits of mindfulness on academic and cognitive performance
Academic performance
Lu et al., (2017) identified cross cultural increase in academic performance when using mindfulness
Miralles-Armenteros et al., (2019) discusses that mindfulness positively correlates with academic performance, and argues that compassion and engagement are key factors within this
Bóo et al., (2020) conducted an RCT which identified that mindfulness enhanced self awareness and self regulation of participant thinking, feelings and behaviours.
Study suggests students perceived these processes underpinned the effect of mindfulness which increased academic performance.
Differences in students psychological distress base levels and study habits may however determine the differing initial impact on academic performance
(Napora, 2013) identified that student engagement of mindfulness correlated with academic performance
Vidal-Melia et al., (2022) looked at the increase in resilience and mindfulness within academic performance.
mindfulness plays a key role in the learning process in response to student emotional competencies
Found mindfulness was positively related to resilience in students
Suggests that further studies are needed in order to gain further evidence identifying that mindfulness fosters resilience and academic therefore academic performance.
Beauchemin et al., (2008) found that mindfulness can help academic performance in individuals with learning disabilities.
CONCLUSION:
There is a plethora of evidence which suggests that mindfulness can positively impact both academic and cognitive performance across a variety of variables. There is an argument however within academia which calls for careful and differentiated examination of data to support these findings, as such a wide variety of tools, tests and methods are used to identify these findings.
Cognitive performance
Devillers-Réolon and Temprado., (2023) conducted a within subject study using digitized stroop task, which identified that a single session of mindfulness acutely enhances cognitive performance.
Attention
Inhibition
Cognitive flexibility
Reaction times
Moore, (2019) discusses that mindfulness increases cognitive flexibility and attentional performance.
Davidson et al., (2003) increase in neuroplasticity.
Structural changes to the brain: Cortical thickness (Lazar, 2005), volume of grey matter (Pagnoni & Cekic., (2007).
Zenner et al., (2014) looked at mindfulness in schools on cognitive performance using a systematic review
Variety of implementation and exercises, and wide range of instruments used however, calls for a careful and differentiated examination of data.
medium to large effect sizes of cognitive performance identified g =.80
Mindfulness training imporoves working memory capacity and reduces mind wandering (Mrazek et al., 2013)
Jaiswal et al., (2018) suggest that better cognitive performance is associated with the combination of high trait mindfulness and low trait anxiety.