“Mind the Trap”: Mindfulness Practice Reduces Cognitive Rigidity
PLoS One May 15, 2012 A Chiesa, A Chiesa, A Chiesa et al. 217 citations
Two experiments examined the relation between mindfulness practice and cognitive rigidity by using a variation of the Einstellung water jar task. Participants were required to use three hypothetical jars to obtain a specific amount of water. Initial problems were solvable by the same complex formula, but in later problems (“critical” or “trap” problems) solving was possible by an additional...