Recent studies suggest that months to years of intensive and systematic meditation training
can improve attention. However, the lengthy training required has made it difficult to use …

The use of meditation to improve emotion and attention regulation has a long history in Asia
and there are many practitioners in Western countries. Much of the evidence on the …

Prior research has shown that an additional training session immediately after acute stress
decreases release of salivary cortisol in a college student group trained with 5‐day …

Meditation can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and attentional
regulatory training regimes developed for various ends, including the cultivation of well …

Although research has found that long-term mindfulness meditation practice promotes
executive functioning and the ability to sustain attention, the effects of brief mindfulness …

Meditation is an ancient practice that cultivates a calm yet focused mind; however, little is
known about how short, practical meditation practices affect cognitive functioning in …

Dating back as far as 1957, the academic investigation of meditation and the Asian
contemplative traditions have fascinated not only the likes of philosophers and religious …

Mindfulness-based interventions have been incorporated into a variety of psychotherapies.
Attentional disruptions are common in many mental disorders, and it seems generally …

To evaluate the impact of an intensive period of mindfulness meditation training on cognitive
and affective function, a non-clinical group of 20 novice meditators were tested before and …

The present investigation examined the contributions of specific attentional networks to long-
term trait effects of meditation. It was hypothesized that meditation could improve the …