Mindfulness training modifies subsystems of attention.
Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience June 2007 Amism P Jha, Jason Krompinger, Michael J Baime
Mindfulness is defined as paying attention in the present moment. We investigate the hypothesis that mindfulness training may alter or enhance specific aspects of attention. We examined three functionally and neuroanatomically distinct but overlapping attentional subsystems: alerting, orienting, and conflict monitoring. Functioning of each subsystem was indexed by performance on the Attention...