The Impact of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Affective Learning and Cognitive Control

Mindfulness

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-280

  Hunsinger, Matthew ^a   Livingston, Robert ^b   Isbell, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective learning; Cognitive control; Loving kindness meditation; Meditation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881502288     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0125-2     Document Type: Article

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