TY - JOUR
T1 - Loving-kindness brings loving-kindness
T2 - The impact of Buddhism on cognitive self-other integration
AU - Colzato, Lorenza S.
AU - Zech, Hilmar
AU - Hommel, Bernhard
AU - Verdonschot, Rinus
AU - van den Wildenberg, Wery P.M.
AU - Hsieh, Shulan
N1 - Funding Information:
The research of L.S.C, W.v.d.W., and B.H. is supported by NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research). R.V.'s research is currently supported by a Canon Foundation Fellowship.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.3758/s13423-012-0241-y
DO - 10.3758/s13423-012-0241-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 22427265
AN - SCOPUS:84860865661
VL - 19
SP - 541
EP - 545
JO - Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
JF - Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
SN - 1069-9384
IS - 3
ER -