Mindfulness and compassion: An examination of mechanism and scalability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Lim, Daniel ^a   Condon, Paul ^a   De Steno, David ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BENEFICENCE; COMPASSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMPATHIC ACCURACY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; MOBILE APPLICATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923269297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118221     Document Type: Article

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