A influ?ncia da pr?tica meditativa sobre par?metros psicofisiol?gicos e tarefas de mem?ria operacional em indiv?duos saud?veis

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Main Author: Rocha, Kelly Cristina Fernandes
Other Authors: CPF:26403824899
Format: Others
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 2014
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Online Access:http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/17318
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Summary:Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:37:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 KellyCFR_DISSERT.pdf: 3831133 bytes, checksum: a54a3539750464b7f4f3a501900891d7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-03-11 === Meditation is described as a method for improving attention and promoting psychological and emotional stability, presenting favourable results on memory and stress tolerance as well. Studies have shown differences in physiological and psychological measurements between meditators and non-meditators. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of regular meditation practice on working memory, psychological measurements and quality of life of healthy practitioners. We carried out a comparative study with meditators and non-meditators. Working memory tests and standard inventories of life quality, anxiety, mood, sleep quality, depression and stress were applied. Our study showed that meditators presented better scores in parameters indicative of life quality, mood, depression and stress when compared with non-meditators. Moreover, there was a trend in best performance of meditators in memory tasks (forward digit span task and Hanoi tower). These findings corroborate other studies showing that regular meditation can provide an improvement in general quality of life and affecting positively the behavioral and attentional functions in individuals === A medita??o ? um m?todo proposto para amplia??o da aten??o e promo??o da estabilidade psicol?gica e emocional, com resultados favor?veis tamb?m em rela??o ? melhora da mem?ria e ? adapta??o ao estresse. Muitos estudos t?m demonstrado que h? diferen?as de medidas psicol?gicas e fisiol?gicas entre indiv?duos que praticam medita??o regularmente (meditadores experientes) e n?o meditadores. O objetivo principal deste estudo foi investigar os efeitos da pr?tica regular de medita??o sobre a mem?ria operacional, par?metros psicol?gicos e de qualidade de vida de indiv?duos saud?veis. Para tanto, comparamos o desempenho de praticantes e n?o praticantes de medita??o em testes de mem?ria, invent?rios de qualidade de vida, ansiedade, humor, qualidade de sono, depress?o e estresse. Nosso estudo demonstrou que meditadores experientes apresentam diferen?as significativas em rela??o a aspectos como qualidade de vida, humor, depress?o e estresse quando comparados com n?o meditadores. Al?m disso, houve uma tend?ncia ao melhor desempenho dos praticantes na manipula??o da informa??o (repeti??o de d?gitos na ordem inversa). Estes achados corroboram outros estudos que ap?iam a id?ia de que a pr?tica meditativa regular pode melhorar a qualidade de vida e afetar positivamente fun??es comportamentais e atencionais em indiv?duos