Mindful(l) intuition: Does mindfulness influence the access to intuitive processes?

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 282-292

  Remmers, Carina ^a   Topolinski, Sascha ^b   Michalak, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

intuition; mindfulness; mood; rumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924241843     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2014.950179     Document Type: Article

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