Title |
The Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Memory for Positively and Negatively Valenced Stimuli
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Published in |
Mindfulness, February 2011
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DOI | 10.1007/s12671-011-0044-7 |
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Authors |
Hugo J. E. M. Alberts, Roy Thewissen |
Abstract |
A core component of mindfulness is non-judgmental observation of internal and external stimuli. The present study investigated the effect of mindfulness on memory for emotional stimuli. Participants were exposed to a brief mindfulness intervention and subsequently performed a verbal learning test consisting of positive, neutral, and negative words. Control participants received no intervention and directly performed the verbal learning test. After 20 min, participants recalled as many words as possible. Participants in the mindfulness condition remembered a significantly lower proportion of negative words compared to control participants. No differences between both groups were observed for the proportion of remembered positive words. These findings suggest that memory processes may be a potential mechanism underlying the link between mindfulness and subjective well-being. |
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