Plasticity of visual attention in Isha yoga meditation practitioners before and after a 3-month retreat

Plasticity of visual attention in Isha yoga meditation practitioners before and after a 3-month retreat

Meditation has lately received considerable interest from cognitive neuroscience. Studies suggest that daily meditation leads to long lasting attentional and neuronal plasticity. We present changes related to the attentional systems before and after a 3 month intensive meditation retreat. We used 3...

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Main Authors: Claire eBraboszcz, B. Rael eCahn, Bhavani eBalakrishnan, Raj K. Maturi, Romain eGrandchamp, Arnaud eDelorme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Attention
Attentional Blink
Meditation
Stroop task
global-local task
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00914/full

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