Mind Wandering and Attention During Focused Meditation:
A Fine-Grained Temporal Analysis of Fluctuating Cognitive States

By Wendy Hasenkamp, Christine D. Wilson-Mendenhall, Erica Duncan, and Lawrence W. Barsalou

11 pages

This model proposes four intervals in a cognitive cycle: mind wandering, awareness of mind wandering, shifting of attention, and sustained attention. People who train in this style of meditation cultivate their abilities to monitor cognitive processes related to attention and distraction

Analyses revealed activity in brain regions associated with the default mode during mind wandering, and in salience network regions during awareness of mind wandering. Elements of the executive network were active during shifting and sustained attention. Furthermore, activations during these cognitive phases were modulated by lifetime meditation experience.

About: Buddhist Meditation

Published in 2012 in NeuroImage by Elsevier BV.

Bibtex Data

@article{hasenkamp-wendy-et-al2012-mind-wandering-and-attention-during,
    title={{M}ind {W}andering and {A}ttention {D}uring {F}ocused {M}editation: {A} {F}ine-{G}rained {T}emporal {A}nalysis of {F}luctuating {C}ognitive {S}tates},
    author={Wendy Hasenkamp and Christine D. Wilson-Mendenhall and Erica Duncan and Lawrence W. Barsalou},
    publisher={Elsevier BV},
    year=2012,
    month=jan,
    journal={NeuroImage},
    volume=59,
    number=1,
    pages={750--760},
    keywords={meditation,anapanasati,neuroscience},
    doi={10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.07.008},
    openalex_id={W2112313930},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://mindrxiv.org/4fnt6/download}
}

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