Meditation, mindfulness and cognitive flexibility

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• 作者：Adam Moore ; Peter Malinowski
• 关键词：Meditation ; Mindfulnes ; Stroop ; Attention ; Automaticity ; Cognitive control
• 刊名：Consciousness and Cognition
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：March 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：18
• 期：1
• 页码：176-186
• 全文大小：267 K

文摘

This study investigated the link between meditation, self-reported mindfulness and cognitive flexibility as well as other attentional functions. It compared a group of meditators experienced in mindfulness meditation with a meditation-naïve control group on measures of Stroop interference and the “d2-concentration and endurance test”. Overall the results suggest that attentional performance and cognitive flexibility are positively related to meditation practice and levels of mindfulness. Meditators performed significantly better than non-meditators on all measures of attention. Furthermore, self-reported mindfulness was higher in meditators than non-meditators and correlations with all attention measures were of moderate to high strength. This pattern of results suggests that mindfulness is intimately linked to improvements of attentional functions and cognitive flexibility. The relevance of these findings for mental balance and well-being are discussed.