[Ailist] Article: "Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation"

[Stephanie West Allen]

Abstract:

Meditation can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and  
attentional regulatory training regimes developed for various ends,  
including the cultivation of well-being and emotional balance. Among  
these various practices, there are two styles that are commonly  
studied. One style, focused attention meditation, entails the  
voluntary focusing of attention on a chosen object. The other style,  
open monitoring meditation, involves nonreactive monitoring of the  
content of experience from moment to moment. The potential regulatory  
functions of these practices on attention and emotion processes could  
have a long-term impact on the brain and behavior.

http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~lutz/ 
Lutz_attention_regulation_monitoring_meditation_tics_2008.pdf

Stephanie


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Stephanie West Allen, JD
http://www.brainsonpurpose.com
http://www.idealawg.net
Denver, CO USA