Mindfulness meditation training and naturalistic prospective memory performance

Although mindfulness research has become a trending topic in cognitive science, there is a gap in the literature that fails to explore the relationship between mindfulness and prospective memory (i.e., the ability to remember to execute a future intention). To explore this relationship, students in either a mindfulness condition or vocabulary control condition were asked to complete 10 self-concordant academic tasks (both time-based and nontime-based) over the course of five days. The percentage of academic tasks completed was calculated to measure prospective memory completion. Prospective memory performance was compared between groups and between task type. Trait mindfulness was also measured and explored as a predictor of performance. Performance between conditions was equivalent. Time-based task performance was significantly worse across conditions, and mindfulness did not seem to produce any changes in the ability to complete either task type. Significant correlations were, however, observed between trait mindfulness and prospective memory performance.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Nuño, Chris

Contributors dc:contributor

• Shelton, Jill
• Howell, Ashley N.; Ferrier, David E.; Black, Kristen Jennings, 1991-
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Mindfulness (Psychology)
• Prospective memory

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Language dc:language

English, eng

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https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/749

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oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1915