Effects of level of meditation experience on attentional focus: Is the efficiency of executive or orientation networks improved?

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 651-657

  Chan, Davina ^a   Woollacott, Marjorie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDITATION; NETWORK LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548446264     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.7022     Document Type: Article

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