Brief mindfulness meditation improves mental state attribution and empathizing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Tan, Lucy B G ^a   Lo, Barbara C Y ^b   Macrae, C Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STATE ATTRIBUTION; MINDFULNESS; MINDREADING; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; MENTAL STRESS; METACOGNITION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; METACOGNITION; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84908141368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110510     Document Type: Article

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