Understanding Mindful Awareness in Mindfulness Meditation--Investigation of the Psychological, Physiological, and Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness Meditation
NTT technical review October 1, 2023 DOI: 10.53829/ntr202310fa3 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Open monitoring meditation Focused attention meditation |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key points | Describes a research program focused on the psychological, physiological, and neural mechanisms of open monitoring meditation, which the authors propose underlies mindful awareness. The text distinguishes open monitoring from focused attention meditation and notes that mindfulness meditation has been shown to enhance well-being, but reports no specific results. |
Abstract
Mindfulness meditation, which is used to cultivate a state of awareness of the experience of the present moment as it is (called mindful awareness), has been shown to contribute to enhancing well-being.There are two types of mindfulness meditation: focused attention meditation and open monitoring meditation.To understand mindful awareness, our group focused on the psychological, physiological, and neural mechanisms of open monitoring meditation thought to be involved in mindful awareness.
Citations in the library
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Cites 4
- Meditation Programs for Psychological Stress and Well-being JAMA Internal Medicine January 6, 2014
- Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation Perspectives on Psychological Science October 10, 2017
- Open monitoring meditation reduces the involvement of brain regions related to memory function Scientific Reports July 2, 2018
- Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences April 1, 2008