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Brain Mechanisms Supporting the Modulation of Pain by Mindfulness Meditation 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Zeidan, F.,Martucci, K.T.,Kraft, R.A.,Gordon, N.S.,McHaffie, J.G.,Coghill, R.C.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Society for Neuroscience
  • 출판년도2011
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기The Journal of neuroscience
  • 발행사항Vol.31No.14[2011]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0270-6474
  • 소개/요약Rather than a passive reflection of afferent information, our perception of the sensory environment is shaped by our own unique past experiences, current cognitive state, and future expectations. Perhaps no better example of this dynamic integrative process exists than the transformation of nociceptive information into the subjective experience of pain. Although the intrinsically salient nature of noxious stimuli initiates a host of physiological and neurophysiological alterations within our bodies, its effects are nevertheless highly malleable and subject to modification. Contemplatives have emphasized that the nature of our mental activity can be manipulated to promote self-regulation through the practice of mindfulness meditation (Nhất and Vo-Dinh, 1987). One form of mindfulness meditation is Shamatha (Wallace, 2006) or focused attention (Lutz et al., 2008). Focused attention is the cognitive practice of sustaining attention on the changing sensations of the breath, monitoring discursive events as they arise, disengaging from those events without affective reaction, and redirecting attention back to the breath (Wallace, 2006; Lutz et al., 2008).