Neural mechanisms of mindfulness and meditation: Evidence from neuroimaging studies.
World Journal of Radiology July 1, 2014 William R. Marchand
Mindfulness is the dispassionate, moment-by-moment awareness of sensations, emotions and thoughts. Mindfulness-based interventions are being increasingly used for stress, psychological well being, coping with chronic illness as well as adjunctive treatments for psychiatric disorders. However, the neural mechanisms associated with mindfulness have not been well characterized. Recent functional...
DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v6.i7.471 (opens in new tab)
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Mindfulness
Meditation
Emotional control
Medial cortex, amygdala