"Mind the Trap": Mindfulness Practice Reduces Cognitive Rigidity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Greenberg, Jonathan ^a   Reiner, Keren ^a   Meiran, Nachshon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive Rigidity; Einstellung; Mindfulness Meditation; Water Jar Task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84872281078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036206     Document Type: Article

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