Neural correlates of focused attention and cognitive monitoring in meditation

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-56

  Manna, Antonietta ^a   Raffone, Antonino ^b,d   Perrucci, Mauro Gianni ^a   Nardo, Davide ^b,c   Ferretti, Antonio ^a   Tartaro, Armando ^a   Londei, Alessandro ^b,c   Del Gratta, Cosimo ^a   Belardinelli, Marta Olivetti ^b,c   Romani, Gian Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ECONA (Interuniversity Center for Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems)   (Italy)

^d RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive control; Consciousness; Meditation; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SENSORY SYSTEM; THINKING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BUDDHISM; COGNITION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77952322917     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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