Droit-Volet S, Fanget M, Dambrun M
Clermont Universités, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS UMR 6024, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Clermont Universités, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS UMR 6024, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Conscious Cogn. 2015 Jan;31:86-97. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.10.007. Epub 2014 Nov 16.
Two experiments examined the effect of mindfulness meditation and relaxation on time perception using a temporal bisection task. In Experiment 1, the participants performed a temporal task before and after exercises of mindfulness meditation or relaxation. In Experiment 2, the procedure was similar than that used in Experiment 1, except that the participants were trained to mediate or relax every day over a period of several weeks. The results showed that mindfulness meditation exercises increased sensitivity to time and lengthened perceived time. However, this temporal improvement with meditation exercises was primarily observed in the experienced meditators. Our results also showed the experienced meditators were less anxious than the novice participants, and that the sensitivity to time increased when the level of anxiety decreased. Our results were explained by the practice of mindfulness technique that had developed individuals' abilities in devoting more attention resources to temporal information processing.
两项实验使用时间二分任务检验了正念冥想和放松对时间感知的影响。在实验1中，参与者在进行正念冥想或放松练习之前和之后执行一项时间任务。在实验2中，程序与实验1中使用的相似，只是参与者在几周的时间里每天接受冥想或放松训练。结果表明，正念冥想练习提高了对时间的敏感度并延长了感知时间。然而，这种冥想练习带来的时间感知改善主要在有经验的冥想者中观察到。我们的结果还表明，有经验的冥想者比新手参与者焦虑程度更低，并且当焦虑水平降低时，对时间的敏感度会增加。我们的结果可以通过正念技巧的练习来解释，这种练习提高了个体将更多注意力资源投入到时间信息处理中的能力。
