Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation

Meditation can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and attentional regulatory training regimes developed for various ends, including the cultivation of well-being and emotional balance. Among these various practices, there are two styles that are commonly studied. One style, focused a...

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Published in:Trends in cognitive sciences 2008-04, Vol.12 (4), p.163-169
Main Authors: Lutz, Antoine, Slagter, Heleen A, Dunne, John D, Davidson, Richard J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activity levels. Psychomotricity
Attention - physiology
Awareness - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - physiology
Emotions - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Meditation - psychology
Nerve Net - physiology
Neurology
Neuronal Plasticity - physiology
Practice (Psychology)
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Vigilance. Attention. Sleep
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Summary:Meditation can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and attentional regulatory training regimes developed for various ends, including the cultivation of well-being and emotional balance. Among these various practices, there are two styles that are commonly studied. One style, focused attention meditation, entails the voluntary focusing of attention on a chosen object. The other style, open monitoring meditation, involves nonreactive monitoring of the content of experience from moment to moment. The potential regulatory functions of these practices on attention and emotion processes could have a long-term impact on the brain and behavior.
ISSN:1364-6613
1879-307X
DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2008.01.005