Mindful emotion regulation: Exploring the neurocognitive mechanisms behind mindfulness

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Grecucci, Alessandro ^a   Pappaianni, Edoardo ^a   Siugzdaite, Roma ^b   Theuninck, Anthony ^c   Job, Remo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; THINKING; ANXIETY; EMOTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MINDFULNESS;

EID: 84934961713     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/670724     Document Type: Review

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