Psychological ScienceJune 22, 2018Jochen E Gebauer, Andreas D Nehrlich, Dagmar Stahlberg et al.
Mind-body practices enjoy immense public and scientific interest. Yoga and meditation are highly popular. Purportedly, they foster well-being by curtailing self-enhancement bias. However, this "ego-quieting" effect contradicts an apparent psychological universal, the self-centrality principle. According to this principle, practicing any skill renders that skill self-central, and self-centrality...