Phenomenological Fingerprints of Four Meditations: Differential State Changes in Affect, Mind-Wandering, Meta-Cognition, and Interoception Before and After Daily Practice Across 9 Months of Training

Mindfulness

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 218-231

  Kok, Bethany E ^a   Singer, Tania ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect; Decentering; Interoception; Meditation; Meta cognitive awareness; Multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009773814     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-016-0594-9     Document Type: Article

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