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Cognitive Function and Affective Regulation in Meditators

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants must be able to read and understand English.
* Meditators: Participants must regularly practice meditation (4 or more times per week).
* Controls: Participants must not regularly practice meditation (4 or more times per week)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Below the age of 18.
* Participants not living in the US.

About the study

This is a prospective cohort study with 52 meditators and 52 controls. These groups will be contacted at a singular timepoint, during which they will take surveys and cognitive tests, which will be used to assess cognitive and emotional outcomes. The meditator group will be recruited from a pool of healthy individuals who have learned meditation practices such as those taught by the Isha Foundation (e.g., Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya, Shoonya, Samyama breath-watching, etc.) Meditation-naïve individuals will be recruited into the control group.

Sponsor: Balachundhar Subramaniam · Participants: 104 · Started: Feb 9, 2024

Contact the study team

• Balachundhar Subramaniam, MD MPH · Phone: (781) 472-0572

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07546786

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.