Mindfulness starts with the body: somatosensory attention and top-down modulation of cortical alpha rhythms in mindfulness meditation

Using a common set of mindfulness exercises, mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) have been shown to reduce distress in chronic pain and decrease risk of depression relapse. These standardized mindfulness (ST-Mindfulness) practices predominantly re...

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Published in:	Frontiers in human neuroscience Vol. 7; p. 12
Main Authors:	Kerr, Catherine E., Sacchet, Matthew D., Lazar, Sara W., Moore, Christopher I., Jones, Stephanie R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 13.02.2013 Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects:	Alpha Rhythm Alzheimer's disease Attention Behavior modification Chronic Pain Clinical trials Cognitive ability Cognitive therapy Computational neuroscience Cortex (somatosensory) depression relapse Emotional disorders Meditation Memory Mental depression Metacognition Neuroscience Pain Rumination Short term memory Somatosensory Cortex thalamocortical loop Thalamus United States > US thalamocortical loop chronic pain depression relapse alpha rhythm attention somatosensory cortex mindfulness meditation
ISSN:	1662-5161, 1662-5161
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