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Focused attention meditation is a specific type of meditation practice, as defined by the S-ART framework [1] and identified as a core style of meditation [2]. Research studies and procedural frameworks categorize it as a concentrative practice used to stabilize the mind {fact:1, fact:3} and investigate its neural correlates [3] and long-term trait effects [4].
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Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 5 facts
claimWhile research is beginning to demonstrate state effects related to contemplative practices, the trait changes induced by the continued practice of Focused Attention (FA) and Open Monitoring (OM) meditation have not yet been adequately and objectively measured longitudinally.
referenceManna, A., Raffone, A., Perrucci, M. G., Nardo, D., Ferretti, A., Tartaro, A., et al. (2010) published 'Neural correlates of focused attention and cognitive monitoring in meditation' in Brain Research Bulletin, volume 82, pages 46–56, identifying neural correlates associated with focused attention and cognitive monitoring during meditation.
claimTraining in Focused Attention (FA), Open Monitoring (OM), and Effortless Presence (EE) styles of meditation is proposed to support a sustainable healthy mind by reducing maladaptive emotions and cognitions (such as lust, greed, anger, hatred, and worry), increasing pro-social dispositions (such as compassion, empathy, and forgiveness), reducing attachments to thoughts and feelings, and removing biases inherent in habitual cognition.
referenceThe S-ART framework focuses on two core meditation practices: focused attention (FA), which is a concentrative practice, and open monitoring (OM), which is a receptive practice.
procedureThe progression of meditation practice within the S-ART framework involves the following steps: (1) stabilize the mind and decrease mental proliferation (rumination) by developing a fully absorbed state of concentration on an object like the breath using focused attention (FA); (2) move on to open monitoring (OM) and other advanced receptive practices that have no object of focus and are receptive to all physical and mental phenomena that arise.