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Toward the Integration of Meditation into Higher Education: A Review of Research Evidence
Context: There is growing interest in the integration of meditation in higher education. Purpose: Here, we review evidence bearing on the utility of meditation to facilitate the achievement of traditional educational goals and to enhance education of the “whole person.” Research Design: We examine how meditation practices may help foster important cognitive skills of attention…
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Meditation increases the depth of information processing and improves the allocation of attention in space
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00133 During meditation, practitioners are required to center their attention on a specific object for extended periods of time. When their thoughts get diverted, they learn to quickly disengage from the distracter. We hypothesized that learning to respond to the dual demand of engaging attention on specific objects and disengaging quickly from distracters enhances the…