Consciousness and Cognition
September 2009
Sara Van Leeuwen, Notger G Müller, Lucia Melloni
Here we explore whether mental training in the form of meditation can help to overcome age-related attentional decline. We compared performance on the attentional blink task between three populations: A group of long-term meditation practitioners within an older population, a control group of age-matched participants and a control group of young participants. Members of both control groups had...
Biological Psychology
September 2009
Katya Rubia
This paper reviews the evidence for changes of Meditation on body and brain physiology and for clinical effectiveness in disorders of psychiatry. The aim of Meditation is to reduce or eliminate irrelevant thought processes through training of internalised attention, thought to lead to physical and mental relaxation, stress reduction, psycho-emotional stability and enhanced concentration....
Counselor Education and Supervision
September 1, 2009
Paige Bentley Greason, Craig S. Cashwell
272 citations
This study examined the predictive relationship between mindfulness and counseling self‐efficacy and the potential mediating effects of attention and empathy. Master's‐level counseling interns and doctoral counseling students (N= 179) were surveyed to determine levels of mindfulness, attention, empathy, and counseling self‐efficacy. Pearson product‐moment correlation coefficients revealed...
Archive for the Psychology of Religion
September 1, 2009
Niko Kohls, Harald Walach, George Lewith
31 citations
Both spiritual experiences and mindfulness as a psychological variable have been identified as components of wellbeing and health. As there is uncertainty about their relationship, we have investigated the impact of spiritual experiences and mindfulness as well as their interaction on distress in chronically ill patients. The unidimensional Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale (DSES), the...
Integrative Cancer Therapies
September 1, 2009
Sanford Nidich, Jeremy Z. Fields, Maxwell V. Rainforth et al.
This single-blind, randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of the Transcendental Meditation program plus standard care as compared with standard care alone on the quality of life (QOL) of older women (≥55 years) with stage II to IV breast cancer. One hundred and thirty women (mean age = 63.8) were randomly assigned to either experimental (n = 64) or control (n = 66) groups. Functional...
British Journal of Occupational Therapy
September 1, 2009
Barbara Thompson
This practice analysis describes the philosophical tenets and methods associated with an 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme offered to a heterogeneous group of community-dwelling individuals living with chronic conditions. The programme was sponsored by an occupational therapy graduate school as a community service and was provided by the author. The programme evaluation...
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being
September 1, 2009
Experiencing mindfulness meditation-a client narrative perspective.
Neuroimage
September 1, 2009
Antoine Lutz, Lawrence L. Greischar, David M Perlman et al.
The brain and the cardiovascular system influence each other during the processing of emotion. The study of the interactions of these systems during emotion regulation has been limited in human functional neuroimaging, despite its potential importance for physical health. We have previously reported that mental expertise in cultivation of compassion alters the activation of circuits linked with...
Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion
September 1, 2009
Eva Norlyk Herriott, Jane Schmidt‐Wilk, Dennis P. Heaton
A qualitative study explored features of personal development in a group of entrepreneurs who were long‐term practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation and TM‐Sidhi program. Subjects reported that their meditation practice enabled them to cultivate inner experiences, which they described as being anchored to an unshakeable, transcendental inner spiritual core. These entrepreneurs reported...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2009
Charles D. Laughlin, C. Jason Throop
45 citations
ABSTRACTMost of us would agree that the world of our experience is different than the extramental reality of which we are a part. Indeed, the evidence pertaining to cultural cosmologies around the globe suggests that virtually all peoples recognize this distinction—hence the focus upon the “hidden” forces behind everyday events. That said, the struggle to comprehend the relationship between our...