Anne Caclin

2 papers in the library · 58 citations · publishing 2018-2022

Papers

Differential effects of non-dual and focused attention meditations on the formation of automatic perceptual habits in expert practitioners

Neuropsychologia July 21, 2018 Enrico Fucci, Oussama Abdoun, Anne Caclin et al. 58 citations

Non-dual meditation, which aims to reduce maladaptive patterns by recognizing their transient nature, can downregulate automatic perceptual habits. EEG recordings from expert Buddhist practitioners and novices during Open Presence (OP) and Focused Attention (FA) meditation, plus a control state, showed increased gamma oscillatory power during both meditation states in experts. An interaction between states and groups emerged in the Mismatch Negativity (MMN) amplitude, with the MMN increasing during FA compared to OP in experts, while the opposite pattern occurred at the Late Frontal Negativity (LFN) latency. This suggests OP involves increased sensory monitoring and reduced perceptual inferences relative to FA.

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.07.025 Full text Meditation Mismatch negativity Perception Electroencephalography +11

Dream recall frequency is associated with attention rather than with working memory abilities.

Journal of Sleep Research October 1, 2022 Salomé Blain, Aurélien De la Chapelle, Anne Caclin et al.

People who frequently recall their dreams are more easily distracted by hard-to-ignore auditory stimuli than those who rarely recall dreams. Using a new task that tests selective attention and working memory together, the study found that high dream recallers were slower and less accurate when a distractor was difficult to ignore, while low recallers were much less affected. The groups performed similarly on working memory load. This provides the first behavioral evidence that attentional differences exist between high and low dream recallers, supporting the idea that attentional processes play a role in dream recall.

DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13557 Full text Dream recall Dreaming Attentional filter Audition +3