Focused attention, open monitoring and loving kindness meditation: Effects on attention, conflict monitoring, and creativity - A review

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Lippelt, Dominique P ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^a   Colzato, Lorenza S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACC; Attention; Conflict monitoring; Focused attention; Open monitoring; Vipassana

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907209644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01083     Document Type: Short Survey

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