Investigating the phenomenological matrix of mindfulness-related practices from a neurocognitive perspective.

There has been a great increase in literature concerned with the effects of a variety of mental training regimes that generally fall within what might be called contemplative practices, and a majority of these studies have focused on mindfulness. Mindfulness meditation practices can be conceptualized as a set of attention-based, regulatory, and self-inquiry training regimes cultivated for various ends, including wellbeing and psychological health. This article examines the construct of mindfulness in psychological research and reviews recent, nonclinical work in this area. Instead of proposing a single definition of mindfulness, we interpret it as a continuum of practices involving states and processes that…

• JT
  John Templeton Foundation

  Award: 39970
• FI
  Fetzer Institute
• NC
  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

  Award: P01AT004952