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MINDFULNESS AND THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF ATTENTION AND AWARENESS.

Mindfulness can be understood as the mental ability to focus on the direct and immediate perception or monitoring of the present moment with a state of open and nonjudgmental awareness. Descriptions of mindfulness and methods for cultivating it originated in eastern spiritual traditions. These sugge...

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Published in:Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 627 - 647
Main Authors: Raffone, Antonino, Tagini, Angela, Srinivasan, Narayanan
Format: Article
Published: Open Library of Humanities Sep2010
Subjects:
Attention
Awareness
Religion & science
Metacognition
Buddhist meditation
Cognitive psychology
Consciousness
Neurosciences
Religion
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