Mindfulness Meditation, Executive Function, and Affect
Richard Chambers

• Intro - Abstract -
• Review - Attention and Self-regulation - The Role of Executive Function in Attentional Processes - Set-shifting: A Specific Application of Executive Function - Mindfulness: Training for Executive Function - Vipassana Meditation - The Present Paradigm - Hypotheses -
• Method - Participants - Design - Stimulus Materials - Apparatus - Procedure - Data Analysis -
• Results - Results - The Effects of Gender and Age - Comparison of Groups at Baseline - Change on Self-Report Measures of Affect - Changes on Measures of Metacognitive Processing - Changes on Measures of Executive Function - Correlation Between Changes - Examination of Mediating Variables -
• Discussion - Discussion - Group Differences at Baseline - Self-Report of Affect - Self-Report of Metacognitive Processing - Working Memory - Internal Attention-Switching - Theoretical Integration of Findings - Limitations of the Study - Unique Strengths of the Study - Conclusion -
• References - References -