Loving-kindness brings loving-kindness: the impact of Buddhism on cognitive self-other integration
| Authors |
|
|---|---|
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Journal | Psychonomic Bulletin & Review |
| Volume | Issue number | 19 | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 541-545 |
| Organisations |
|
| Abstract | Common wisdom has it that Buddhism enhances compassion and self-other integration. We put this assumption to empirical test by comparing practicing Taiwanese Buddhists with well-matched atheists. Buddhists showed more evidence of self-other integration in the social Simon task, which assesses the degree to which people co-represent the actions of a coactor. This suggests that self-other integration and task co-representation vary as a function of religious practice. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-012-0241-y
(Final published version)
|
| Permalink to this page | |