Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2014-282.03 |
Location: | BF-GMS
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Title:
| The mindful eye: Smooth pursuit and saccadic eye movements in meditators and non-meditators
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Publication year: | 2017
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URL:
| http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810016302100
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Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND
This study examined the effects of cultivated (i.e. developed through training) and dispositional (trait) mindfulness on smooth pursuit (SPEM) and antisaccade (AS) tasks known to engage the fronto-parietal network implicated in attentional and motion detection processes, and the fronto-striatal network implicated in cognitive control, respectively.
METHODS
Sixty healthy men (19–59 years), of whom 30 were experienced mindfulness practitioners and 30 meditation-naïve, underwent infrared oculographic assessment of SPEM and AS performance. Trait mindfulness was assessed using the self-report Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ).
RESULTS
Meditators, relative to meditation-naïve individuals, made significantly fewer catch-up and anticipatory saccades during the SPEM task, and had significantly lower intra-individual variability in gain and spatial error during the AS task. No SPEM or AS measure correlated significantly with FFMQ scores in meditation-naïve individuals.
CONCLUSIONS
Cultivated, but not dispositional, mindfulness is associated with improved attention and sensorimotor control as indexed by SPEM and AS tasks.
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Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Kumari, V.
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Secondary author(s):
| Antonova, E., Wright, B., Hamid, A., Hernandez, E., Schmechtig, A., Ettinger, U.
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Document type:
| Article
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Number of reproductions:
| 3
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Reference:
| Kumari, V., Antonova, E., Wright, B., Hamid, A., Hernandez, E., Schmechtig, A., & Ettinger, U. (2017). The mindful eye: Smooth pursuit and saccadic eye movements in meditators and non-meditators. Consciousness and Cognition, 48, 66-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.10.008
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2-year Impact Factor: | 2.272|2017
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Times cited: | 16|2025-02-11
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Indexed document: | Yes
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Quartile: | Q2
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Keywords: | Mindfulness / Meditation / Antisaccade / Control / Attention / Intra-individual variability / Dispositional mindfulness
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The mindful eye: Smooth pursuit and saccadic eye movements in meditators and non-meditators |