Mindful awareness of feelings increases neural performance monitoring.
Mindfulness has been associated with enhanced performance monitoring; however, little is known about the processes driving this apparent neurocognitive benefit. Here, we tested whether focusing present-moment awareness toward the nonjudgmental experience of emotion facilitates rapid neural responses...
| Publicado en: | Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 93 - 106 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Feb2016
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