Conceptual and methodological issues in research on mindfulness and meditation.

RJ Davidson, AW Kaszniak - American Psychologist, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Both basic science and clinical research on mindfulness, meditation, and related constructs
have dramatically increased in recent years. However, interpretation of these research …

Investigating the phenomenological matrix of mindfulness-related practices from a neurocognitive perspective.

A Lutz, AP Jha, JD Dunne, CD Saron - American Psychologist, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
There has been a great increase in literature concerned with the effects of a variety of mental
training regimes that generally fall within what might be called contemplative practices, and …

[BUKU][B] Altered traits: Science reveals how meditation changes your mind, brain, and body

D Goleman, RJ Davidson - 2018 - books.google.com
Two New York Times–bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can
really do for the brain. In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from …

Functional neuroanatomy of meditation: A review and meta-analysis of 78 functional neuroimaging investigations

KCR Fox, ML Dixon, S Nijeboer, M Girn… - Neuroscience & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Meditation is a family of mental practices that encompasses a wide array of techniques
employing distinctive mental strategies. We systematically reviewed 78 functional …

Reconstructing and deconstructing the self: cognitive mechanisms in meditation practice

CJ Dahl, A Lutz, RJ Davidson - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2015 - cell.com
Scientific research highlights the central role of specific psychological processes, in
particular those related to the self, in various forms of human suffering and flourishing. This …

Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness

DR Vago, DA Silbersweig - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Mindfulness—as a state, trait, process, type of meditation, and intervention has proven to be
beneficial across a diverse group of psychological disorders as well as for general stress …

How mindfulness training promotes positive emotions: Dismantling acceptance skills training in two randomized controlled trials.

EK Lindsay, B Chin, CM Greco, S Young… - Journal of personality …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Mindfulness meditation interventions—which train skills in monitoring present-moment
experiences with a lens of acceptance—have shown promise for increasing positive …

Mindfulness revisited: A Buddhist-based conceptualization

RE Purser, J Milillo - Journal of Management Inquiry, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent scholarship on mindfulness has narrowly focused on attention enhancement,
present-moment awareness, and its stress reduction effects. Moreover, current operational …

Meta-analytic evidence for effects of mindfulness training on dimensions of self-reported dispositional mindfulness.

JT Quaglia, SE Braun, SP Freeman… - Psychological …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Improvements in stable, or dispositional, mindfulness are often assumed to accrue from
mindfulness training and to account for many of its beneficial effects. However, research …

Psychedelics, meditation, and self-consciousness

R Millière, RL Carhart-Harris, L Roseman… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the scientific study of meditation and psychedelic drugs has seen
remarkable developments. The increased focus on meditation in cognitive neuroscience has …