Inside the Mindful Mind: How Mindfulness Enhances Emotion Regulation Through Improvements in Executive Control

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 449-454

  Teper, Rimma ^a   Segal, Zindel V ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

affect; emotion; emotion regulation; executive control; mindfulness; self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889683096     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413495869     Document Type: Article

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