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Mindfulness meditation and consciousness: An integrative neuroscientific perspective
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Manuello, J.,Vercelli, U.,Nani, A.,Costa, T.,Cauda, F.
- 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
- 출판년도2016
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기Consciousness and cognition
- 발행사항Vol.40No.-[2016]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN1053-8100
- 소개/요약Although mindfulness meditation has been practiced in the East for more than two millennia, Western scientific research and healthcare programs have only recently drawn their attention to it. Basically, the concept of mindfulness hinges on focusing on one's own awareness at the present moment. In this review we analyze different hypotheses about the functioning and the cerebral correlates of mindfulness meditation. Since mindfulness is strictly associated with a particular state of consciousness, we also examine some of the most relevant theories that have been proposed as accounts of consciousness. Finally, we suggest that consciousness and mindfulness meditation can be integrated within a neuroscientific perspective, by identifying the brain areas which seem to play an essential role in both, namely the anterior cingulate cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, insula and thalamus.
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