Subjective expansion of extended time-spans in experienced meditators

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Wittmann, Marc ^a   Otten, Simone ^b   Schötz, Eva ^b   Sarikaya, Anna ^a   Lehnen, Hanna ^a   Jo, Han Gue ^c,d   Kohls, Niko ^e   Schmidt, Stefan ^c,d   Meissner, Karin ^b  

^a Institute of Frontier Areas in Psychology and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Impulsiveness; Mindfulness meditation; Passage of time; Time perception; Time perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926630073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01586     Document Type: Article

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