Mengran Xu

Mindfulness and mind wandering: The protective effects of brief meditation in anxious individuals.

Consciousness and Cognition May 2017 Mengran Xu, Christine Purdon, Paul Seli et al.

Mind wandering can be costly, especially when we are engaged in attentionally demanding tasks. Preliminary studies suggest that mindfulness can be a promising antidote for mind wandering, albeit the evidence is mixed. To better understand the exact impact of mindfulness on mind wandering, we had a sample of highly anxious undergraduate students complete a sustained-attention task during which...