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Loving-kindness brings loving-kindness: The impact of Buddhism on cognitive self–other integration

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Colzato, Lorenza S., Zech, Hilmar, Hommel, Bernhard, Verdonschot, Rinus, van den Wildenberg, Wery P. M., Hsieh, Shulan·2012·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

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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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  • Mindfulness meditation can modulate intersubjective and self-other representations and promote positive social behaviors such as compassion, empathy, and altruism.

    “Several studies reported that mindfulness meditation can modulate intersubjective and self–other representations [102,103,104] while promoting positive social behaviors, such as compassion, empathy, and altruism [105].”

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    The Results and Discussion (page numbers unavailable) report a stronger social Simon effect in practicing Buddhists than in atheists, consistent with greater self–other integration. But the study compares religious groups rather than testing mindfulness meditation itself; only 7 of the 20 Buddhists reported Zen meditation. The separate citation [105], not this source, is attached to the claim about compassion, empathy, and altruism. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Colzato, L. S., Zech, H., Hommel, B., Verdonschot, R., van den Wildenberg, W. P. M., & Hsieh, S.
Affiliations
  • Leiden University (NL)
  • National Cheng Kung University (TW)
Corresponding author
Colzato, Lorenza S.
Venue
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Published
2012-03-17
Volume
19
Issue
3
Pages
541-545
ISSN
  • 1069-9384 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-5320
OpenAlex
W2157381757
Cited by
82
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 2
FWCI
9.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Canon Foundation in Europe
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
Keywords
Buddhism, religious practice, self-other integration, compassion, corepresentations, atheists, social cognition
MeSH terms
Adult, Buddhism, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Self Concept, Social Perception, Taiwan, Visual Perception, Young Adult

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