Meditation Experience Predicts Introspective Accuracy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Fox, Kieran C R ^a   Zakarauskas, Pierre ^b   Dixon, Matt ^a   Ellamil, Melissa ^a   Thompson, Evan ^c   Christoff, Kalina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL TASK; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866673756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045370     Document Type: Article

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