Psychophysiology of duration estimation in experienced mindfulness meditators and matched controls.

ABSTRACT: Recent research suggests that bodily signals and interoception are strongly related to our sense of time. Mindfulness meditators train to be aware of their body states and therefore could be more accurate at interval timing. In this study, n = 22 experienced mindfulness meditators and n = 22 matched controls performed both, an acoustic and a visual duration reproduction task of 8, 14, and 20 s intervals, while heart rate and skin conductance were continuously assessed. In addition, participants accomplished a heart beat perception task and two selective attention tasks. Results revealed no differences between meditators and controls with respect to performance in duration reproduction or attentional capacities. Additionally no group difference in heart beat perception scores was found. Acr

SUBMITTER: Otten S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4539454 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature