Meditation and Health: The Search for Mechanisms of Action
Social and Personality Psychology Compass 2013 Bethany E Kok, Christian E. Waugh, Barbara L. Fredrickson 39 citations
Abstract Psychological interest in the impact of mental states on biological functioning is growing rapidly, driving a need for new methods for inducing mental states that last long enough, and are sufficiently impactful, to have significant effects on physical health. The many traditions of meditative practice are one potential pathway for studying mind‐body interactions. The purpose of this...