Attending to the Present: Mindfulness Meditation Reveals Distinct Neural Modes of Self-Reference
By Norman A. S. Farb, Zindel V. Segal, Helen S. Mayberg, Jim Bean, Deborah McKeon and others
10 pagesThese results suggest a fundamental neural dissociation between two distinct forms of self-awareness that are habitually integrated but can be dissociated through attentional training: the self across time and in the present moment.