70948 20200113145617.0 doi 10.1017/bec.2018.9 sideral 106534 ART-2018-106534 eng Eisenbeck, N. Effects of a Focused Breathing Mindfulness Exercise on Attention, Memory, and Mood: The Importance of Task Characteristics 2018 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Previous research has shown that long-Term mindfulness training has beneficial effects on cognitive functioning and emotional regulation, but results are mixed regarding single mindfulness exercises, especially on attention and memory tasks. Thus, the present study aimed to analyse the effects of the Focused Breathing Exercise (FB) on cognitive performance, using standardised tests. Forty-six healthy undergraduate students were randomly assigned either to a FB or a Control condition. Two cognitive tasks (the Concentrated Attention task of the Toulouse-Pierron Factorial Battery and the Logical Memory Subtest I from the Wechsler Memory Scale III), along with mood evaluations (the Positive and Negative Affect Scale), were implemented both before and after the interventions. Results showed no significant differences for the attention task and mood evaluations. Nonetheless, the FB enhanced performance for the memory task significantly more than the Control exercise. The findings highlight that mindfulness does not affect equally all types of cognitive performances. Task characteristics may be important and their analysis can help to disentangle how mindfulness interferes with cognitive processes. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/FPU-AP2009-1232 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 1.167 2018 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL 92 / 130 = 0.708 2018 Q3 T3 0.599 2018 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2018 Q2 Clinical Psychology 2018 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Luciano, C. (orcid)0000-0002-0242-5972 Valdivia-Salas, S. Universidad de Zaragoza 4009 680 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Person.Eval.Trat.Psicoló. 35, 1 (2018), 54-70 Behav. change Behaviour Change 0813-4839 213775 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/70948/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 70683 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/70948/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:70948 articulos driver 2020-01-13-14:54:03 ARTICLE