A Cognitive Science Approach
- Focused Attention
- Directing attention towards an object (e.g. breathing)
- Detecting mind wandering/distractions
- Disengagement of attention from distractors
- Leads to effortless sustained attention and ability to monitor attention and notice mind-wandering
- Study showing that focussed attention led to extreme increases in perceptual dominance both during and after meditation
- Open Awareness
- No explicit focus on objects
- Nonreactive
- Leads to acute awareness of phenomenal qualities of experience without ‘grasping’ (approach/avoidance).