Mindfulness training increases cooperative decision making in economic exchanges: Evidence from fMRI.
Neuroimage June 4, 2016 Ulrich Kirk, Xiaosi Gu, Carla Sharp et al.
Emotions have been shown to exert influences on decision making during economic exchanges. Here we investigate the underlying neural mechanisms of a training regimen which is hypothesized to promote emotional awareness, specifically mindfulness training (MT). We test the hypothesis that MT increases cooperative economic decision making using fMRI in a randomized longitudinal design involving...
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.05.075 (opens in new tab)
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Mindfulness
Cerebral cortex
Nerve net
Humans
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