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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
Volume 78, Issue 2, Pages 151-157Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.07.002
Keywords
Bottom-up processing; Intersensory facilitation; Mental training; Mindfulness meditation; StartReact effect
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Mental training by meditation has been related to changes in high-level cognitive functions that involve top-down processing. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the practice of meditation is also related to alterations in low-level, bottom-up processing. Therefore, intersensory facilitation (IF) effects in a group of mindfulness meditators (MM) were compared to IF effects in an age- and gender-matched control group. Smaller and even absent IF effects were found in the MM group, which suggests that changes in bottom-up processing are associated with MM. Furthermore, reduced interference of a visual warning stimulus with the IF effects was found, which suggests an improved allocation of attentional resources in mindfulness meditators, even across modalities. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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