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The exploration of meditation in the neuroscience of attention and consciousness

verfasst von: Antonino Raffone, Narayanan Srinivasan

Erschienen in: Cognitive Processing | Ausgabe 1/2010

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Many recent behavioral and neuroscientific studies have revealed the importance of investigating meditation states and traits to achieve an increased understanding of cognitive and affective neuroplasticity, attention and self-awareness, as well as for their increasingly recognized clinical relevance. The investigation of states and traits related to meditation has especially pronounced implications for the neuroscience of attention, consciousness, self-awareness, empathy and theory of mind. In this article we present the main features of meditation-based mental training and characterize the current scientific approach to meditation states and traits with special reference to attention and consciousness, in light of the articles contributed to this issue.

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Titel: The exploration of meditation in the neuroscience of attention and consciousness
verfasst von: Antonino Raffone
Narayanan Srinivasan
Publikationsdatum: 01.02.2010
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Cognitive Processing / Ausgabe 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1612-4782
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-4790
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-009-0354-z

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