Presence : how mindfulness and meditation shape your brain, mind, and life /
Research on the beneficial effects of mindfulness and meditation has boomed over the last decade. This volume is the first book-length review of this extensive body of research, aimed at the non-specialist reader, examining effects on brain activation, brain structure, attention, stress, and well-be...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2017]
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Edition: | 1 edition. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- What is mindfulness?
- Your body and brain on meditation
- The meditating brain in action : attention, body, and self
- Telltale traces in the brain
- From monkey mind to monk's mind : mindfulness practice and attention
- Mindfulness practice and well-being
- Mindfulness as medicine
- Meditation and mindfulness : final words
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.