TY - JOUR
T1 - Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation
AU - Lutz, Antoine
AU - Slagter, Heleen A.
AU - Dunne, John D.
AU - Davidson, Richard J.
PY - 2008/4/1
Y1 - 2008/4/1
N2 - Meditation can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and attentional regulatory training regimes developed for various ends, including the cultivation of well-being and emotional balance. Among these various practices, there are two styles that are commonly studied. One style, focused attention meditation, entails the voluntary focusing of attention on a chosen object. The other style, open monitoring meditation, involves nonreactive monitoring of the content of experience from moment to moment. The potential regulatory functions of these practices on attention and emotion processes could have a long-term impact on the brain and behavior.
AB - Meditation can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and attentional regulatory training regimes developed for various ends, including the cultivation of well-being and emotional balance. Among these various practices, there are two styles that are commonly studied. One style, focused attention meditation, entails the voluntary focusing of attention on a chosen object. The other style, open monitoring meditation, involves nonreactive monitoring of the content of experience from moment to moment. The potential regulatory functions of these practices on attention and emotion processes could have a long-term impact on the brain and behavior.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tics.2008.01.005
DO - 10.1016/j.tics.2008.01.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18329323
AN - SCOPUS:41149157845
SN - 1364-6613
VL - 12
SP - 163
EP - 169
JO - Trends in Cognitive Sciences
JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences
IS - 4
ER -