Investigating the impact of mindfulness meditation training on working memory: A mathematical modeling approach

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-353

  Van Vugt, Marieke K ^b   Jha, Amishi P ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Computational model; Decision making; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 80051628863     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-011-0048-8     Document Type: Article

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