Delineating the contributions of sustained attention and working memory to individual differences in mindfulness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 226-230

  Ruocco, Anthony C ^a   Direkoglu, Elif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Attention; Awareness; Mindfulness; Vigilance; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868563847     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.08.037     Document Type: Article

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