Effects of mindful-attention and compassion meditation training on amygdala response to emotional stimuli in an ordinary, non-meditative state

Effects of mindful-attention and compassion meditation training on amygdala response to emotional stimuli in an ordinary, non-meditative state

The amygdala has been repeatedly implicated in emotional processing of both positive and negative valence stimuli. Previous studies suggest that the amygdala response to emotional stimuli is lower when the subject is in a meditative state of mindful attention, both in beginner meditators after an ei...

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Main Authors: Gaelle eDesbordes, Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Thaddeus W. W. Pace, B. Alan Wallace, Charles L. Raison, Eric L. Schwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Amygdala
Attention
Meditation
emotion
fMRI
mindfulness
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00292/full

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