Metta Meditation Training on Prosocial Behavior

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Conditions studied: Social Behavior

In brief

The purpose of the study is to look at the impact of a metta meditation training on prosocial behavior and socio-affective brain responses. The training involves an 8-week, online administration of guided metta meditation practices aimed at generating feelings of kindness and compassion for other people. The study examines how participants respond to thinking about familiar others and strangers using behavioral and brain-imaging measures. This study will be important for understanding how people develop the capacity to be prosocial towards other individuals, which is a key component of adaptive social behavior.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03894930

Run by

Georgetown University

People needed

67

Starts

2018-09-25

Expected to finish

2021-05-14

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Is a medically healthy individual
• Lives in the Washington, D.C. metro area and is able to travel to Georgetown University

You may not qualify if…

• Has experience with meditation
• Has any MRI contraindication (e.g. metal in the body, cardiac pacemaker, cannot lie still, etc.)
• Has any neurological disease
• Has a current psychiatric disorder
• Is pregnant or planning to become pregnant
• Is on medication that affects the central nervous system (e.g. psychotropic drugs)

Where it is running

• Georgetown University — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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