Affect and Motivation Are Critical in Constructive Meditation

Trends Cogn Sci. 2016 Mar;20(3):159-160. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.11.004. Epub 2015 Dec 11.

Authors

Haakon G Engen¹, Tania Singer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Social Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute of Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
² Department of Social Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute of Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: singer@cbs.mpg.de.

PMID: 26686556
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.11.004

No abstract available

Keywords: compassion; emotion; loving-kindness; meditation; motivation.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Attention / physiology*
Awareness / physiology*
Cognition / physiology*
Humans
Meditation*
Self Concept*