کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
371938 621946 2010 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Mindfulness as a potential intervention for stimulus over-selectivity in older adults
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
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Mindfulness as a potential intervention for stimulus over-selectivity in older adults
چکیده انگلیسی

Ageing is related to significant declines in cognitive functioning. This effect can have a serious impact on the physical and psychological health of older adults as well as their quality of life. One phenomenon linked to cognitive deficits, particularly attention, that has been demonstrated to emerge with ageing is over-selectivity. Over-selectivity occurs when behavior is controlled by a limited number of stimuli in the environment. Mindfulness is a construct that specifically targets attention and awareness of the present moment. The current study aimed to remediate over-selectivity in an elderly population by means of a focused attention/mindfulness induction. The results of this study indicated that the level of emergent over-selectivity in an elderly population was significantly reduced after a focused attention induction when compared to an unfocused attention induction. The findings are discussed in terms of the efficacy of mindfulness training in reducing over-selectivity.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Research in Developmental Disabilities - Volume 31, Issue 1, January–February 2010, Pages 178–184
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