Sunday 17 February 2013

#281 Mindfulness Neuroscience


     "the diverse strategies for training mindfulness currently being used ... derive from ancient Hindu, Buddhist and Chinese contemplative and medical traditions as well as from modern adaptations developed mainly in the United States and Europe. These various strategies have in common the goal of being in a state of heightened but restful awareness of what is occurring within the phenomenological field that goes beyond conceptual and emotional classifications of what is characterized by increased acceptance of whatever is experienced and reduced mental judgments and ruminations. The different strategies and thought build, over time, a common brain state of mindfulness that can be beneficial to attention, emotion, performance, stress reduction and well-being." 
 
       Tang YY, Posner MI. Tools of the trade: theory and method in mindfulness neuroscience. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2013; 8(1): 118-20. http://scan.oxfordjournals.org/content/8/1.toc

       Thank you Dr. Wintink for pointing out this great issue of this journal!


 
 

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