Brain and Meditation (BAM) Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Stress, Behavior

In brief

This study is a randomized controlled trial to test the impact of an app-based meditation program on perceived stress and behavioral correlates of stress with known neurobiological correlates. Healthy adult participants between the ages of 25-65 will be enrolled in the study for about 4-5 months.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT05215314
Run by: University of Wisconsin, Madison
People needed: 150
Starts: 2022-04-13
Expected to finish: 2024-01-09
Last updated by the study team: 2025-02-06

Who can join

Age: 25 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Individual can read, write, speak, and understand English
Able to provide informed consent
Willing and able to complete all study procedures, including the Healthy Minds Program
Has access to a smartphone that can download apps from Google Play or the Apple App Store
US citizen or a permanent US resident (green card holder)

You may not qualify if…

Extensive experience in meditation practice (e.g., regular daily meditation practice for the past 6 months or regular weekly meditation practice for the past 12 months), experience in substantively similar meditation training programs (e.g., attended a meditation retreat or a yoga/body practice retreat with a significant mediation component), or substantial previous use of the Healthy Minds Program app
Individuals will be excluded if they previously participated in substantively similar research at our Center at the discretion of the investigator due to similar tasks being used in certain studies
History of psychosis
History of mania
Current psychopathology that interferes with study participation

Where it is running

Center for Healthy Minds — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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