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Pratibha Singh, Trayambak Tiwari, Anil Kumar Yadav, Indramani L. Singh,
Tara Singh, & Anju L. Singh
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
The present study examined the effect of Vipassana meditation practices (traditional
Buddhist meditation practices) on attention network task (ANT). The objective of the
study was to know the effect of traditional 10-days vipassana meditation training on the
attentional performance of the participants. The second objective was to investigate
whether a meditation training altered the mindfulness of participants. The present study
used pre-post design and novice participants (not having any prior meditational training)
were selected from the Dhamma Lakkhaṇa Vipassana Meditation Center, Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh, India. These participants were approached again after completion of 10-days
meditation training. Participants response on mindfulness questionnaire was obtained
on both occasions. Participants showed improvement on the dimensions of mindfulness
and the attentional network test (i.e., alerting, orienting and executive functioning) after
the vipassana meditation training. Findings of the study suggested that a traditional 10-
days Vipassana meditation training improved mindfulness as well as attentional network
task performance of the participants, irrespective of their prior experience