Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04632875
Online Trial of Meditation and Behavior
Identifying Neural Correlates of Altruism
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 75 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 55 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study investigates how different types of meditation may affect behaviors and emotions. The study is conducted entirely online and involves listening to 4-weeks of a guided meditation training. The meditation involves either Loving-Kindness or Relaxation techniques. The purpose of the study is to assess changes in behaviors and emotions using standard questionnaires, reports of real-world behavior, and online behavioral tasks. The overarching goal is to help clarify how mind-body practices may improve some aspects of well-being.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Loving-Kindness Meditation | Approximately 15-minute sessions are administered 6 days per week |
| BEHAVIORAL | Relaxation Meditation | Approximately 15-minute sessions are administered 6 days per week |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-12-04
- Primary completion
- 2021-06-10
- Completion
- 2021-06-10
- First posted
- 2020-11-17
- Last updated
- 2021-06-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04632875. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.