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000118048 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1007/s12671-016-0537-5
000118048 0248_ $$2sideral$$a95940
000118048 037__ $$aART-2016-95940
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000118048 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6258-2489$$aGarcia-Martin, E.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000118048 245__ $$aAssessment of visual function and structural retinal changes in zen meditators: potential effect of mindfulness on visual ability
000118048 260__ $$c2016
000118048 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000118048 5203_ $$aThe aim of the present study was to evaluate whether Zen meditation (a mindfulness-based practice) stimulates visual function and increases retinal and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness. This cross-sectional controlled study included 36 eyes of 18 meditators and 76 eyes of 38 age- and sex-matched healthy non-meditators. The average response of both eyes in each subject was analyzed. All subjects underwent evaluation of high and low contrast visual acuity (using ETDRS charts), contrast sensitivity vision (CSV) using the Pelli Robson chart and CSV 1000E test, color vision (using the Farnsworth and L’Anthony desaturated D15 color tests), stereoscopic vision using the TNO test, and retinal and RNFL thickness using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Differences in visual function and RNFL thickness were compared between groups. Our results indicated that meditators exhibited significantly better visual acuity with the three contrast levels used and significantly better contrast sensitivity vision (CSV 1000E) than healthy non-meditators (p¿=¿0.05). Retinal and RNFL structural measurements did not differ significantly between groups. Ganglion cell layer thickness was moderately correlated with visual acuity, CSV, color vision, and stereoscopic vision (p¿=¿0.05; r¿>¿0.6). In conclusion, visual function was enhanced in meditators without significant alterations in the retinal morphologic structure. Further studies are needed to determine whether there is a causal association between mindfulness and visual function improvement.
000118048 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/
000118048 590__ $$a3.015$$b2016
000118048 591__ $$aPSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL$$b23 / 121 = 0.19$$c2016$$dQ1$$eT1
000118048 591__ $$aPSYCHIATRY$$b38 / 139 = 0.273$$c2016$$dQ2$$eT1
000118048 592__ $$a0.903$$b2016
000118048 593__ $$aHealth (social science)$$c2016$$dQ1
000118048 593__ $$aDevelopmental and Educational Psychology$$c2016$$dQ2
000118048 593__ $$aSocial Psychology$$c2016$$dQ2
000118048 593__ $$aApplied Psychology$$c2016$$dQ2
000118048 593__ $$aExperimental and Cognitive Psychology$$c2016$$dQ2
000118048 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
000118048 700__ $$aRuiz-de-Gopegui, E.
000118048 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6591-0801$$aOtin, S.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000118048 700__ $$aBlasco, A.
000118048 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6745-7668$$aLarrosa, J. M.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000118048 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1402-3129$$aPolo, V.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000118048 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2389-8282$$aPablo, L. E.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000118048 700__ $$aDemarzo, M. M. P.
000118048 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3797-4218$$aGarcia-Campayo, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000118048 7102_ $$11004$$2646$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Cirugía,Ginecol.Obstetr.$$cÁrea Oftalmología
000118048 7102_ $$11007$$2745$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.$$cArea Psiquiatría
000118048 7102_ $$12002$$2647$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Física Aplicada$$cÁrea Óptica
000118048 773__ $$g7, 4 (2016), 979-987$$pMindfulness$$tMindfulness$$x1868-8527
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