Altercentrism and a change in perspective on the self: The relationships of visuospatial perspective-taking with rumination and mindfulness.

ABSTRACT: Rumination, a dysfunctional way of thinking, can be counteracted by mindfulness. One leading mechanism through which mindfulness works is a change in perspective on the self, i.e., looking at one's own mental contents from a decentered perspective. Here, we tested whether a change in perspective on the self is grounded in a well-known cognitive capacity, visuospatial perspective-taking (VSPT), allowing individuals to adopt another's visuospatial viewpoint. We measured rumination and dispositional mindfulness through self-report questionnaires and evaluated VSPT using a task requiring participants (N = 345) to judge the left/right location of an object with which an agent could interact by gazing, grasping, combining the two cues or adopting a still posture. Cluster analysis identified a gr

SUBMITTER: Conson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12367188 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature