Research on the beneficial effects of mindfulness and meditation has boomed over the last decade. This volume is the first book-length review of this extensive body of research, aimed at the non-specialist reader, examining effects on brain activation, brain structure, attention, stress, and well-being, and how mindfulness works as therapy.
Research on the beneficial effects of mindfulness and meditation has boomed over the last decade. This volume is the first book-length review of this extensive body of research, aimed at the non-specialist reader, examining effects on brain activation, brain structure, attention, stress, and well-being, and how mindfulness works as therapy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Paul Verhaeghen is professor in Psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he mainly studies attention, memory, aging, and their interfaces, as well as the link between rumination, depression, and creativity. He is also a long-term meditator and occasional mindfulness teacher. He has previously written The Elements of Cognitive Aging: Meta-Analyses of Age-Related Differences in Processing Speed and Their Consequences (OUP 2014), as well as the award-winning novel Omega Minor (2007).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Chapter 1: What is Mindfulness? CHAPTER 2: Your Body and Brain on Meditation CHAPTER 3: The Meditating Brain in Action: Attention, Body, and Self CHAPTER 4: Telltale Traces in the Brain CHAPTER 5: From Monkey Mind to Monk's Mind: Mindfulness Practice and Attention CHAPTER 6: Mindfulness Practice and Well-Being CHAPTER 7: Mindfulness as Medicine CHAPTER 8: Meditation and Mindfulness: Final Words Notes Bibliography Index
Preface Chapter 1: What is Mindfulness? CHAPTER 2: Your Body and Brain on Meditation CHAPTER 3: The Meditating Brain in Action: Attention, Body, and Self CHAPTER 4: Telltale Traces in the Brain CHAPTER 5: From Monkey Mind to Monk's Mind: Mindfulness Practice and Attention CHAPTER 6: Mindfulness Practice and Well-Being CHAPTER 7: Mindfulness as Medicine CHAPTER 8: Meditation and Mindfulness: Final Words Notes Bibliography Index
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