Mindfulness Flashcards
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Mindful Awareness
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Direct experience in the present moment
Attention to environment
2
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Mindfulness Awareness
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Trend over time more attention on mindfulness practices
3
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Mindfulness Meditation based stress reduction (MBSR)
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Developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn
Improves immune function and well being
4
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Health Neuroscience
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interplay between brain and physical health
5
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Mind wandering Regions
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Posterior cingulate Gyrus
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Executive control regions
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Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex
7
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Meditators vs Controls
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Experience more control (Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) by suppressing mind wandering regions (Posterior Cingulate Gyrus)