ATTENTION PROCESSES IN MINDFULNESS: THE INFLUENCE OF MINDFULNESS INTERVENTION ON PERFORMING STROOP BASED TASKS
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2013, Vol 11, Issue 4
Abstract
Mindfulness is a promising method, based on ideas of eastern culture, used in behavioural and cognitive therapy. These ideas emphasise the health role of meditation in a person’s life. An application of mindfulness intervention by western therapists triggered an avalanche of scientific research concerning its effects in the context of physical and mental health. Due to the fact that mindfulness trains a conscious regulation of attention processes researchers became interested in the influence of such trainings on the improvement of functioning of various aspects of attention, measured with neuropsychological tests. The article aims at outlining a theoretical model of the relationship between mindfulness and attention processes. Moreover, a body of research will be presented, which looked for connection between the use of meditation techniques, mainly mindfulness intervention, and an improve ment of functioning with regard to attention observed in neuropsychological tests. The question of relationship between mindfulness and performance of tasks based on the effect of Stroop interference will be discussed in more detail.
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Anita Markowska
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