Performance-based tests of attention and memory in long-term mindfulness meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-114

  Lykins, Emily L B ^a   Baer, Ruth A ^a   Gottlob, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Meditation; Memory; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION SWITCHING; AUTOREGULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEDITATION; MEMORY; MINDFULNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKILL; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84857896023     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-010-9318-y     Document Type: Article

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