%0 Journal Article
%T Estimulaci¨®n de la conciencia a trav¨¦s de la meditaci¨®n
%A Eliana Quintero-Gallego
%A Ang¨¦lica Flores
%J Revista Chilena de Neuropsicologia
%D 2012
%I Universidad de La Frontera
%R 10.5839/rcnp.2012.0701.08
%X This paper presents a relationship between consciousness and meditation. Neurobiological and neurodynamic theories have pro-vided empirical data and propose methods to study consciousness as a cognitive process. Some of these theories are the dynamic core hypothesis, the theory of global space and perception-action cycle. This article will start with a definition of consciousness from a neuroscientific perspective, and from there, will address meditation as strategy to study and stimulate this process. Consid-ering different techniques of meditation we focus on mindfulness meditation (MM) because its impact on psychology.
%K consciousness
%K meditation
%K mindfulness
%U http://www.neurociencia.cl/dinamicos/articulos/511747-rcnp2012v7n1-7.pdf