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A shift in perspective: Decentering through mindful attention to imagined stressful events
2015
Neuropsychologia
Ruminative thoughts about a stressful event can seem subjectively real, as if the imagined event were happening in the moment. One possibility is that this subjective realism results from simulating the self as engaged in the stressful event (immersion). If so, then the process of decentering-disengaging the self from the event-should reduce the subjective realism associated with immersion, and therefore perceived stressfulness. To assess this account of decentering, we taught non-meditators a
doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.05.030
pmid:26111487
pmcid:PMC4631025
fatcat:arjsq3y5kfcjpk6d6hfoplwncm