A cognitive perspective on mindfulness

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-243

  Holas, Pawel ^a   Jankowski, Tomasz ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Attention; Decentering; Executive functions; Metacognition; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84880588252     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2012.658056     Document Type: Article

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