Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty Publications Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shukla, Meenakshi; Upadhyay, Niti; Tripathi, Vishnukant; Kumari, Veena; Pandey, Rakesh Title A name given to the resource The Role of Regular Meditation Practice, Trait Mindfulness, and Psychological Characteristics in Affective Startle Modulation: A Psychophysiological Study Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-01-2026 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-026-09782-w" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-026-09782-w</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105034887555?origin=resultslist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105034887555?origin=resultslist</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Shukla M., University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India; Upadhyay N., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, CHRIST Deemed to be University, Delhi NCR, India; Tripathi V., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Gandhi Smarak P.G. College, Jaunpur, India; Kumari V., Brunel University of London, London, United Kingdom; Pandey R., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India Description An account of the resource Meditation practices, including mindfulness, are linked with adaptive emotional processing and regulation. Although startle response modulation among meditators has been studied using habituation and prepulse-induced startle inhibition paradigms, affective startle modulation, which refers to potentiation by negative stimuli and attenuation by positive stimuli (both relative to neutral stimuli), remains unexplored. This study examined how regular meditation practice, dispositional mindfulness, and affective difficulties influence affective modulation of the acoustic startle reflex. Seventeen meditators and thirty non-meditators were exposed to pleasant, neutral, and unpleasant images while their eye-blink startle responses were recorded. Participants also completed self-report measures of dispositional mindfulness, alexithymia, emotion regulation difficulties, depression, anxiety, and stress. Meditators, compared to non-meditators, reported higher dispositional mindfulness, particularly in the Observing and Non-reactivity domains, lower stress, and fewer difficulties in goal-oriented behaviour during negative emotions; they also had longer startle onset latencies, potentially indicating lower state anxiety, across the entire experiment regardless of the valence of visual images. Higher dispositional mindfulness correlated with lower scores on alexithymia, emotion regulation difficulties, depression, anxiety, and stress across the pooled sample. These findings suggest that mindfulness, whether cultivated through meditation or as a trait, reduces negative emotionality, highlighting its potential for emotional regulation and stress reduction. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2026. Subject The topic of the resource Alexithymia; Dispositional mindfulness; Emotion regulation; Latency to startle onset; Latency to startle peak; Meditators Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Relation A related resource ISSN: 10900586; CODEN: APSBF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource online