Preliminary evidence about the effects of meditation on interoceptive sensitivity and social cognition

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Melloni, Margherita ^a,b,e   Sedeño, Lucas ^a,b,e   Couto, Blas ^a,b,e   Reynoso, Martin ^a   Gelormini, Carlos ^a,b,e   Favaloro, Roberto ^a   Canales Johnson, Andrés ^b,c   Sigman, Mariano ^d,e,f   Manes, Facundo ^a,b,e,g   Ibanez, Agustin ^a,b,e  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

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

^d Ciudad Universitaria   (Argentina)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

^g ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heartbeat detection task; Interoception; Meditation; Mindfulness; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; SENSATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84890771573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-9-47     Document Type: Article

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