S2 #28 Can meditation influence your attention? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Paul Verhaeghen.

For the third episode in our new block on the topic attention we are talking to Prof. Paul Verhaeghen.

Papers:

Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (2006). Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13, 27–45.

Lipsey, M. W., & Wilson, D. B. (1993). The efficacy of psychological, educational, and behavioral treatment: confirmation from meta-analysis. American Psychologist, 48, 1181–1209.

Luders, E. (2014). Exploring age‐related brain degeneration in meditation practitioners. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1307(1), 82-88.

Sedlmeier, P., Eberth, J., Schwarz, M., Zimmermann, D., Haarig, F., Jaeger, S., & Kunze, S. (2012). The psychological effects of meditation: a meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 138(6), 1139.

Van Vugt, M. K., & Slagter, H. A. (2014). Control over experience? Magnitude of the attentional blink depends on meditative state. Consciousness and cognition, 23, 32-39.

Verhaeghen, P. (2021). Mindfulness as attention training: Meta-analyses on the links between attention performance and mindfulness interventions, long-term meditation practice, and trait mindfulness. Mindfulness, 12, 564-581.

Books: Amishi Jha (2021). Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day, HarperOne

Dan Harris (2014). 10% Happier, Dey Street Books.