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The Buddha's Extra Scoop: Neural Correlates of Mindfulness and Clinical Sport Psychology
2008
Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology
Recent studies using neuroimaging technologies offer evidence that ancient beliefs about the benefits (e.g., enhanced attention, increased distress tolerance) associated with mindfulness practice and other forms of meditation may be supported by identifiable neuroanatomical changes in the brain. Although it is too early to make probative statements regarding exactly how and why contemplative practices affect the structure and activity of the brain, sport psychologists may want to consider the
doi:10.1123/jcsp.2.3.216
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