Immediate effect of Breath counting meditation in Working Memory and its optimal time. -functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study-

Immediate effect of Breath counting meditation in Working Memory and its optimal time. -functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study- - The effect of Breath counting meditation

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000026012

Enrollment

Registered

2017-02-06

Start date

2017-02-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Healthy adult

Interventions

Breath counting meditation Perform 15 minutes once Listen to the audio files Perform 15 minutes once

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Healthy college student

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Subjects who withdrew consent on the way in this study. 2.Subjects who have previous or present serious disease such as mental and physical diseases. 3.Subjects with meditation experience.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Japanese version reading span test,Letter stroop test(Before and after intervention)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in oxygenated hemoglobin concentration (During intervention)	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactNoriki Yamaya

Gunma University School of Medicine Department of Health Sciences

m14205601@gunma-u.ac.jp027-220-8955

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026