Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Chapter 1. Meditation: Nature and Applications
Nirbhay N. Singh (Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, USA)
Chapter 2. Measuring Mindfulness
Benjamin D. Hill and Elise E. Labbé (University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA)
Chapter 3. Meditation Attitude
William L. Mikulas (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, USA)
Chapter 4. Eastern and Western Perspectives on Meditation
Sonia Suchday, Sarah Jo Mayson, Jaclyn Klepper, Hilary Meyer and Maria Dziok (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, USA, and others)
Chapter 5. Neuroanthropology of Meditation Across Cultures
Charles D. Laughlin (Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 6. A Neuroscientific Perspective on Meditation
Adi Maron-Katz, Eti Ben-Simon, Haggai Sharon, Michal Gruberger and Dean Cvetkovic (Functional Brain Center, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, and others)
Chapter 7. Vipassana, Insight and Intuition: Seeing Things as They Are
Fabio Giommi and Henk Barendregt (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and others)
Chapter 8. Attention, Consciousness and Mindfulness in Meditation
Antonino Raffone, Narayanan Srinivasan and Henk P. Barendregt (Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and others)
Chapter 9. Mindfulness and Memory
Eyal Rosenstreich (Peres Academic Center, Rehovot, Israel)
Chapter 10. Meditation, Mindfulness and Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents
S. Kenneth Thurman and Benjamin M. Torsney (Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Chapter 11. Mindfulness Meditation in Developmental Disabilities
Rachel E. Myers, Alan S.W. Winton, Giulio E. Lancioni and Nirbhay N. Singh (Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA, and others)
Chapter 12. Mindful Occupational Engagement
Monica Moore Jackman (American Health and Wellness Institute, Port Saint Lucie, Florida, USA)
Chapter 13. Mindfulness in Organizations
Jochen Reb and Ellen Choi (Singapore Management University, Singapore, and others)
Chapter 14. Mindfulness Meditation and Addictive Behaviors
Claire E. Adams, Whitney L. Heppner, Sean Houchins, Diana W. Stewart, Jennifer I. Vidrine and David W. Wetter (Department of Psychology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA, and others)
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