Behavioural intervention

4 papers5 findings

A human trial of the eight-week Mindless to Mindful programme reports improved exercise habit strength and self-control, greater valuation of physical effort and reduced fat mass; a review describes improved exercise. Five findings span two independent labs in two countries, but human results come from a single group, with none pointing the other way.

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

2 independent labs in 2 countries

Funder: Dunhill Medical Trust

Human trial1

Outcomes

Relative valuation of physical effort

upin humans1

1 study

Behavioural intervention increases relative valuation of physical effort in humans (d = 0.254).
Human trialMindless to Mindful program8 weeks
The Mindless to Mindful Program: Utilizing TEMPA to Understand Exercise Self-Regulation and Fat Loss
Health promotion practice21 Aug 2026

Self-control

upin humans1

1 study

Behavioural intervention improves self-control in humans (d = 0.324).
Human trialMindless to Mindful program8 weeks
The Mindless to Mindful Program: Utilizing TEMPA to Understand Exercise Self-Regulation and Fat Loss
Health promotion practice21 Aug 2026

Exercise habit strength

upin humans1

1 study

Behavioural intervention improves exercise habit strength in humans (d = 0.498).
Human trialMindless to Mindful program8 weeks
The Mindless to Mindful Program: Utilizing TEMPA to Understand Exercise Self-Regulation and Fat Loss
Health promotion practice21 Aug 2026

Fat mass

downin humans1

1 study

Behavioural intervention decreases fat mass in humans (d = -1.458).
Human trialMindless to Mindful program8 weeks
The Mindless to Mindful Program: Utilizing TEMPA to Understand Exercise Self-Regulation and Fat Loss
Health promotion practice21 Aug 2026