Many musicians live with music performance anxiety (MPA), which may affect their psychological and physiological functioning. Mindfulness, being aware in the present moment without judgment, has been found to help ease anxiety. Mindfulness may also help alleviate the negative effects of MPA, but what is the neurophysiological basis for this effect? Core components of mindfulness, including emotional processing and acceptance, are related to specific patterns of brain activity. In the current study, 20 musicians with MPA underwent a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan (Time 1), a method to examine the communication between brain regions at rest. Notably, 10 musicians then underwent 2 weeks of mindfulness training, while 10 did not. The same scan sequence was repeated in all participants 2 weeks later (Time 2). Compared with Time 1, participants in the mindfulness group exhibited decreased resting-state functional connectivity between areas of the prefrontal cortex and the vermis-6 and crus-II at Time 2. These two areas of the cerebellum are related to emotional processing and acceptance. Changes in communication between these brain regions and the prefrontal cortex suggest the neurophysiological influences of mindfulness and how mindfulness can be used to strengthen emotion regulation networks in musicians with MPA.

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检查简短的正念训练如何影响患有音乐表演焦虑的音乐家大脑内的交流：一项静息态 fMRI 研究


许多音乐家患有音乐表演焦虑 （MPA），这可能会影响他们的心理和生理功能。正念，即在当下不加评判地意识到，已被发现有助于缓解焦虑。正念也可能有助于减轻 MPA 的负面影响，但这种效果的神经生理学基础是什么？正念的核心组成部分，包括情绪处理和接受，与大脑活动的特定模式有关。在目前的研究中，20 名患有 MPA 的音乐家接受了静息态功能磁共振成像 （MRI） 扫描 （Time 1），这是一种检查静息时大脑区域之间通信的方法。值得注意的是，10 名音乐家随后接受了 2 周的正念训练，而 10 名则没有。2 周后（时间 2）在所有参与者中重复相同的扫描序列。与时间 1 相比，正念组的参与者在时间 2 时表现出前额叶皮层区域与蚓 6 和 crus-II 之间的静息态功能连接降低。小脑的这两个区域与情绪处理和接受有关。这些大脑区域与前额叶皮层之间交流的变化表明正念的神经生理学影响，以及如何利用正念来加强患有 MPA 的音乐家的情绪调节网络。