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A. Hafenbrack

2 papers in the library · publishing 2018

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Mindfulness Meditation Impairs Task Motivation but Not Performance

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes July 1, 2018 A. Hafenbrack, K. Vohs

A state of mindfulness is characterized by focused, nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment. The current research experimentally investigated how state mindfulness influences task motivation and performance, using multiple meditation inductions, comparison conditions, tasks, and participant samples. Mindfulness inductions, relative to comparison conditions, reduced motivation to tackle...