期刊
CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
卷 40, 期 -, 页码 67-78出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.12.005
关键词
Mindfulness meditation; Consciousness; Anterior cingulate cortex; Posterior cingulate cortex; Insula; Thalamus
资金
- Department of Psychology - University of Turin
- GCS-fMRI Research Group - Koelliker Hospital
Although mindfulness meditation has been practiced in the East for more than two millennia, Western scientific research and healthcare programs have only recently drawn their attention to it. Basically, the concept of mindfulness hinges on focusing on one's own awareness at the present moment. In this review we analyze different hypotheses about the functioning and the cerebral correlates of mindfulness meditation. Since mindfulness is strictly associated with a particular state of consciousness, we also examine some of the most relevant theories that have been proposed as accounts of consciousness. Finally, we suggest that consciousness and mindfulness meditation can be integrated within a neuroscientific perspective, by identifying the brain areas which seem to play an essential role in both, namely the anterior cingulate cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, insula and thalamus. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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