Memory and Cognition Lab, Institute of Psychology, University of Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Center for Psychiatry & Neuroscience, INSERM U894, Paris, France.
Memory and Cognition Lab, Institute of Psychology, University of Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Center for Psychiatry & Neuroscience, INSERM U894, Paris, France.
Conscious Cogn. 2019 Jan;67:16-25. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2018.11.004. Epub 2018 Nov 22.
Emotional stimuli have been shown to automatically hijack attention, hindering the detection of forthcoming targets. Mindfulness is defined as a present moment non-judgemental attentional stance that can be cultivated by meditation practices, but that may present interindividual variability in the general population. The mechanisms underlying modification in emotional reactivity linked to mindfulness are still a matter of debate. In particular, it is not clear whether mindfulness is associated with a diminished emotional response, or with faster recovery. We presented participants with target pictures embedded in a rapid visual presentation stream. The targets could be preceded by negative, neutral or scrambled critical distractors. We showed that dispositional mindfulness, in particular the Non-reacting facet, was related to faster disengagement of attention from emotional stimuli. These results could have implications for mood disorders characterised by an exaggerated attentional bias toward emotional stimuli, such as anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders.
情绪刺激已被证明可以自动劫持注意力，从而阻碍对即将到来的目标的检测。正念被定义为一种当下的非评判性注意姿态，可以通过冥想练习来培养，但在普通人群中可能存在个体间的差异。与正念相关的情绪反应改变的机制仍存在争议。特别是，目前尚不清楚正念是否与情绪反应减弱有关，还是与更快的恢复有关。我们向参与者展示了快速呈现流中的目标图片。目标之前可以是负性、中性或乱序的关键分心物。我们表明，特质性正念，特别是“不反应”方面，与从情绪刺激中更快地转移注意力有关。这些结果可能对以对情绪刺激的注意力偏向过度为特征的情绪障碍（如焦虑和创伤后应激障碍）有影响。
