Chapter
Chapter 3 Meditation Attitude
Attitude vs. Behavior of Mind
Chapter 4 Eastern and Western Perspectives on Meditation
Worldviews and Cultural Lens
Perspectives from the East
Perspectives from the West
Science from the East and West
Benefits to Mental and Physical Health
Benefits to Mental Health
Benefits to Physical Health
Implications for Outcomes
Chapter 5 Neuroanthropology of Meditation Across Cultures
Phenomenology of Meditation
Culture and Alternative States of Consciousness
Volition and Consciousness
Prefrontal Cortex, Volition, Attention, and Meditation
Meditation and the Cycle of Meaning
Meditation as Cultural Incubation
Shamanic Meditation Cultures
Totemic-Animistic Meditations
Navajo Healing Diagnostic Meditations
Chapter 6 A Neuroscientific Perspective on Meditation
Neural Networks of External and Internal Attention
Meditation and Attention-Related Networks
The Process of Emotion Regulation
Neural Networks of Emotion Regulation
Meditation and Emotion Regulation
Neural Networks of Body Awareness
Meditation and Interoceptive Awareness
Change in Perspective of the Self
Neural Networks of Self-Perception
Meditation and Self-Perception
Chapter 7 Vipassana, Insight and Intuition: Seeing Things as They Are
Reason and Intuition in Mathematics
Aspects of the Large Intuition
Example of the Small Intuition
A Small Example of the Large Intuition
Mathematical Students and Cranks
Frege, Gödel and Intuition
Chapter 8 Attention, Consciousness and Mindfulness in Meditation
Focused Attention Meditation
Open Monitoring Meditation
Focused Attention and Open Monitoring in a Unitary Context
Conscious Processing and Its Neural Substrates
The Global Workspace for Conscious Processing in the Brain
The Temporal Dynamics of Consciousness
The Mental Context of Consciousness
Self-Reference, Consciousness and Mindfulness
The Experience of the Self
Self-Reference and Mindfulness
A Novel Hypothesis on the Implications of Mindfulness for Cognitive and Affective Flexibility
Consciousness, Meta-Consciousness and Mindfulness
Facets of Awareness and Mindfulness
The Problem of Meta-Consciousness
The Adaptive Workspace Hypothesis: Consciousness and Meditation
Chapter 9 Mindfulness and Memory
Why Should Mindfulness Affect Memory?
Discriminating Signal from Noise
Mindfulness and Memory: A Review of Current Research
Mindfulness and Working Memory
Mindfulness and Long-term Memory
Long Term Memory Performance
Sensitivity and Response-Bias
The Remember-Know Paradigm
Controlled vs. Automatic Processes
Sensitivity and Response-bias
Chapter 10 Meditation, Mindfulness and Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents
Self-Regulation and Effortful Control
Meditation and Executive Abilities
Executive Function in Current Mindfulness Research
with Children and Adolescents
Methodological and Design Concerns
Developmental Appropriateness
Executive Function and Cognitive Processes
Chapter 11 Mindfulness Meditation in Developmental Disabilities
Mindful Support to Individuals with
Developmental Disabilities
Inappropriate Sexual Behavior
Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders
Chapter 12 Mindful Occupational Engagement
Being a Mindful Occupational Therapist
Therapist Wellness and Self-compassion
Occupational Therapy Standards for Continuing Competence
Knowledge and Critical Reasoning
Mindfulness in Occupational Therapy Practice
Meditation as Occupation: The Spiritual Context
Affective and Emotional Processes
Attention and Cognitive Processes
Multitasking and Occupation
Mindfulness-Enhanced Practice
Flow, Mindfulness and Engagement
Chapter 13 Mindfulness in Organizations
Mindfulness Practices in Organizations
Concept and Definition of Mindfulness
Definitions Rooted in Contemplative Traditions
Conceptualization of Mindfulness within Organizational Scholarship
Different Forms of Work-Related Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Corporate Mindfulness Programs
Effects of Mindfulness Interventions at the Workplace
Effects on Employee Wellbeing
Effects on Employee Performance
Mindfulness in Interpersonal Relations and Leadership
Mindfulness and Ethical Decision Making
A Self-Administered Mindfulness Training Program
An Organizational Mindfulness Training Intervention
Participating Organization
Description of the Mindfulness Training Program
Participants’ Experience with the Training Program
Chapter 14 Mindfulness Meditation and Addictive Behaviors
Defining Mindfulness and Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness Meditation in the Treatment of Addictions
Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders
Problematic Eating Behaviors
Searching for Common Mechanisms
Negative Emotions and Emotion Regulation
Attention and Attentional Bias
Improving Research Methods Related to Mindfulness and Addictive Behaviors
Use of Mobile Technology to Understand Underlying Mechanisms
Utilization of More Diverse Populations
Integrating Psychosocial and Biological Research
Moving Toward Multiple Health Behavior Change
Psychology of Meditation
( Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions )
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