Follow your breath: Respiratory interoceptive accuracy in experienced meditators

Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 777-789

  Daubenmier, Jennifer ^a   Sze, Jocelyn ^b   Kerr, Catherine E ^c   Kemeny, Margaret E ^d   Mehling, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Interoceptive accuracy; Interoceptive awareness; Meditation; Mindfulness; Respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879838853     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12057     Document Type: Article

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