Meditation and attention: A comparison of the effects of concentrative and mindfulness meditation on sustained attention
Mental Health Religion & Culture May 1, 1999 Elizabeth R. Valentine, Philip L. G. Sweet 408 citations
Abstract The performance of concentrative and mindfulness meditators on a test of sustained attention (Wilkins' counting test) was compared with controls. Both groups of meditators demonstrated superior performance on the test of sustained attention in comparison with controls, and long-term meditators were superior to short-term meditators. Mindfulness meditators showed superior performance in...