Interoceptive awareness in experienced meditators

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 671-677

  Khalsa, Sahib S ^a   Rudrauf, David ^a   Damasio, Antonio R ^b   Davidson, Richard J ^c,d   Lutz, Antoine ^c,d   Tranel, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Heartbeat detection; Interoception; Meditation; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 45149086093     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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