MEDITATE TO CREATE: THE IMPACT OF FOCUSSED-ATTENTION AND OPEN-MONITORING TRAINING ON CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT THINKING

The practice of meditation has seen a tremendous increase in the western world since the 60s. Scientific interest in meditation has also significantly grown in the past years; however, so far, it has neglected the idea that different type of meditations may drive specific cognitive-control states. I...

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Main Authors: Lorenza S Colzato, Ayca eSzapora, Bernhard eHommel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00116/full