The Effect of Two Sessions Meditative Interventions on Attention Performance
Citation
(2016) The Effect of Two Sessions Meditative Interventions on
Attention Performance, no. 64.
Abstract
The primary purpose of this study is to investigate whether two sessions of brief mindfulness
focused attention manipulation improves the three attention networks: alerting, orienting and
conflict monitoring. 52 novice meditators were randomly assigned to two groups: meditation
training and a control relaxation training. Subjects were tested with performance measures of
attentional ability before and after the interventions, and with a self-report measure of affect
after the first intervention. The results did not support the expectations that mindfulness-based
attention training is related to more efficient attentional performance on the Attention
Network Test, as compared to the relaxation training group. Results are further discussed and
directions for future research are suggested.