Exploring the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Cardiac Perception

Mindfulness

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 298-313

  Parkin, Lucy ^a   Morgan, Ruth ^a   Rosselli, Anna ^b   Howard, Maxine ^b   Sheppard, Alicia ^b   Evans, Davy ^b   Hawkins, Amy ^b   Martinelli, Mabel ^b   Golden, Ann Marie ^b   Dalgleish, Tim ^b   Dunn, Barnaby ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac perception; Interoception; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879844935     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0181-7     Document Type: Article

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