ReviewPerspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science2021
Meditation and the Wandering Mind: A Theoretical Framework of Underlying Neurocognitive Mechanisms.
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- Self-compassion and grit mediated the relation between mindfulness and mind wandering based on cross-sectional survey data.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Inducing a meditative state by artificial perturbations: A mechanistic understanding of brain dynamics underlying meditation.Network neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Mental Pain Correlates with Mind Wandering, Self-Reflection, and Insight in Individuals with Psychotic Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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- Who Benefits Most? Interactions between Personality Traits and Outcomes of Four Incremental Meditation and Yoga Treatments.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- A Multilevel Approach to Explore the Wandering Mind and Its Connections with Mindfulness and Personality.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Electroencephalography Correlates of Well-Being Using a Low-Cost Wearable System.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Yoga perspective on personal excellence and well-being.Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicineArticle
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Abstract
During the practice of meditation, the tendency of the mind to wander away from the object of focus is ubiquitous. The occurrence of mind wandering in the context of meditation provides individuals a unique and intimate opportunity to closely examine the nature of the wandering mind by cultivating an awareness of ongoing thought patterns, while simultaneously aiming to cultivate equanimity (evenness of temper or disposition) and compassion toward the content of thoughts, interpretations, and bodily sensations. In this article we provide a theoretical framework that highlights the neurocognitive mechanisms by which contemplative practices influence the neural and phenomenological processes underlying spontaneous thought. Our theoretical model focuses on several converging mechanisms: the role of meta-awareness in facilitating an increased moment-to-moment awareness of spontaneous thought processes, the effects of meditation practice on key structures underlying both the top-down cognitive processes and bottom-up sensory processes implicated in attention and emotion regulation, and the influence of contemplative practice on the neural substrates underlying perception and perceptual decoupling.
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