Mindfulness may ease anxiety for seniors with memory worries

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged ≥ 60 years * Meet the research criteria proposed by the international SCD-I working group for studies in SCD * Performance within the normal range on standardised cognitive tests according to agreed study-specific standards to rule out mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia * Either referred to the memory clinic by a physician or who are self-referrals because of memory concerns (assessed by a positive response to the question 'Are you worried about your memory?') * Ability to provide informed consent in accordance with International Conference on Harmonization of Good Clinical Practice (GCP/ICH) guidelines and local regulations * State that they are available for the trial duration Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of a major neurological or psychiatric disorder (including generalised anxiety, major depressive disorder, or an addiction to alcohol or drugs) according to ICD-10 and/or DSM 5 criteria * Under legal guardianship or incapacitation * History of cerebral disease (vascular, degenerative, physical malformation, tumor, or head trauma with loss of consciousness for more than an hour) which interferes with the aims of the study protocol * Presence of a chronic disease or acute unstable illness (respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, renal, metabolic, hematologic, endocrine or infectious) which interferes with the aims of the study protocol * Current or recent medication that may interfere with cognitive action (psychotropic, systemic corticosteroid, anti-Parkinson's, or analgesic drugs). The interfering nature of the different treatments will be at the discretion of the investigating doctor. * Have regularly or intensively practiced meditation or comparable practices (yoga, Qi Gong, Alexander technique) * more than one day per week for more than six months consecutively over the last 10 years, * intensively (internship or retreat \> five consecutive days) over the past 10 years, * more than 25 days of retreats (cumulatively) prior to the last 10 years.