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The protective role of long-term meditation on the decline of the executive component of attention in aging: a preliminary cross-sectional study

Sperduti, M., Makowski, D., & Piolino, P.

Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 2016

A cross-sectional comparison of long-term meditators and non-meditators across the adult lifespan, testing whether sustained practice buffers the age-related decline of attention. The protective association was specific to the executive component rather than to attention in general.

• DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2016.1159652
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Keywords: Mindfulness · Aging · Attention

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Sperduti, M., Makowski, D., & Piolino, P. (2016). The protective role of long-term meditation on the decline of the executive component of attention in aging: a preliminary cross-sectional study. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2016.1159652

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