Mindfulness: An emerging treatment for smoking and other addictions?

Craving to quit: psychological models and neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness training as treatment for addictions

Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity

Mindfulness training for smoking cessation: results from a randomized controlled trial

What about the “Self” is Processed in the Posterior Cingulate Cortex?

Why is it so hard to pay attention, or is it? Mindfulness, the factors of awakening and reward-based learning

Mindfulness training for smoking cessation: Moderation of the relationship between craving and cigarette use

Judson Brewer: Prosta metoda zerwania z nałogiem

Prosta metoda zerwania z nałogiem

Czy możemy zerwać z nałogami poprzez zainteresowanie się nimi? Psychiatra Judson Brewer bada związki pomiędzy świadomą uwagą a uzależnieniami, od papierosów i przejadania się po wszystkie inne, ze szkodliwości których nawet nie zdajemy sobie sprawy. Warto dowiedzieć się więcej o mechanizmach rozwoju nałogu i odkryć prostą, ale skuteczną metodę, która może pomóc zwalczyć potrzebę zapalenia papierosa, podjadania albo przeczytania SMS-a podczas prowadzenia samochodu.

Habits like smoking and overeating are reinforced by deep, evolution-driven reward loops that can override logic and self-control, especially during stress. In one study, mindfulness training proved twice as effective as standard therapy for quitting smoking. By getting genuinely curious about cravings instead of fighting them, people move from intellectual knowledge to visceral understanding, which weakens old habits. This approach helps people step out of automatic loops and form healthier behaviors over time.

Curiosity, Not Willpower, Breaks the Cycle of Bad Habits

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