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Sustained attention is a fundamental ability ensuring effective cognitive processing and can be enhanced by meditation practice. However, keeping a focused meditative state is challenging for novices because involuntary mind-wandering frequently occurs during their practice. Inspired by the potentia...

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Main Authors: Yi-Lei Zheng, Dang-Xiao Wang, Yu-Ru Zhang, Yi-Yuan Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.01209/full