Achala H Rodrigo

Mindful awareness of feelings increases neural performance monitoring.

Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience February 2016 Blair Saunders, Achala H Rodrigo, Michael Inzlicht

Mindfulness has been associated with enhanced performance monitoring; however, little is known about the processes driving this apparent neurocognitive benefit. Here, we tested whether focusing present-moment awareness toward the nonjudgmental experience of emotion facilitates rapid neural responses to negative performance outcomes (i.e., mistakes). In particular, we compared whether directing...