The neural mediators of kindness-based meditation: a theoretical model
Frontiers in Psychology July 4, 2016 Jennifer Streiffer Mascaro, Alana eDarcher, Lobsang Tenzin Negi et al.
Although kindness-based contemplative practices are increasingly employed by clinicians and cognitive researchers to enhance prosocial emotions, social cognitive skills, and well-being, and as a tool to understand the basic workings of the social mind, we lack a coherent theoretical model with which to test the mechanisms by which kindness-based meditation may alter the brain and body. Here we...