Meditation, mindfulness and executive control: The importance of emotional acceptance and brain-based performance monitoring

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-92

  Teper, Rimma ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Emotion; Error related negativity; Meditation; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; EQUIPMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STROOP TEST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STROOP TEST;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872395629     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss045     Document Type: Article

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