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The Impact of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Affective Learning and Cognitive Control

Abstract  

Research on meditation has examined many variables across a wide range of techniques. Research on loving-kindness meditation
has investigated its impact on affective variables, but has not yet investigated its impact on cognition. The present study
investigated the impact of loving-kindness meditation on an affective variable not yet examined in the literature—affective
learning—as well as cognition. Participants were randomly assigned to a control condition or a three-session, loving-kindness
meditation training. Our results suggest that the beginning stages of loving-kindness meditation training impact the tendency
to learn to associate positivity with neutral stimuli and cognitive control. We discuss the implications of our findings and
potential directions for future research.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category ORIGINAL PAPER
  • Pages 1-6
  • DOI 10.1007/s12671-012-0125-2
  • Authors
    • Matthew Hunsinger, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
    • Robert Livingston, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
    • Linda Isbell, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    • Journal Mindfulness
    • Online ISSN 1868-8535
    • Print ISSN 1868-8527
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 07/30/2012 | Link to this post on IFP |
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