Table of Contents
Notes on Editors ix
Notes on Contributors xi
General Introduction xxxi
Part I Origins and Theory 1
1 Mindfulness Forward and Back 7 Ellen J. Langer
2 Thriving With Uncertainty: Opening the Mind and Cultivating Inner Well-Being Through Contemplative and Creative Mindfulness 21 Daniel J. Siegel and Madeleine W. Siegel
3 Eastern and Western Approaches to Mindfulness: Similarities, Differences, and Clinical Implications 48 James Carmody
4 From Early Buddhist Traditions to Western Psychological Science 58 Andrew Olendzki
5 Mindfulness Meditation from the Eastern Inner Science Tradition 74 Carin Muhr and Lene Handberg
6 Exemplifying a Shift of Paradigm: Exploring the Psychology of Possibility and Embracing the Instability of Knowing 115 Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi
7 Art of Mindfulness: Integrating Eastern and Western Approaches 139 Maja Djikic
Part II Consciousness, Cognition, and Emotion 149
8 Mindfulness: An Antidote for Wandering Minds 153 Michael D. Mrazek, James M. Broadway, Dawa T. Phillips, Michael S. Franklin, Benjamin W. Mooneyham, and Jonathan W. Schooler
9 Mindfulness: Deautomatization of Cognitive and Emotional Life 168 Yoona Kang, June Gruber, and Jeremy R. Gray
10 Toward a Mindful–Unmindful Cognitive Style: Lessons from the Study of Field Dependence–Independence 186 Jack Demick
11 The Motivated and Mindful Perceiver: Relationships Among Motivated Perception, Mindfulness, and Self-Regulation 200 Emily Balcetis, Shana Cole, and Sana Sherali
12 Mindfulness, Interest-Taking, and Self-Regulation: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on the Role of Awareness in Optimal Functioning 216 C. Scott Rigby, Patricia P. Schultz, and Richard M. Ryan
13 Mindful Mindlessness in Goal Pursuit 236 Ana P. Gantman, Peter M. Gollwitzer, and Gabriele Oettingen
14 Mindful Versus Mindless Thinking and Persuasion 258 Andrew Luttrell, Pablo Bri˜nol, and Richard E. Petty
15 Mindfulness and Heuristics 279 Wray Herbert
16 I-D Compensation: Exploring the Relations Among Mindfulness, a Close Brush With Death, and Our Hunter-Gatherer Heritage 290 Leonard L. Martin, Matthew A. Sanders, Amey Kulkarni, Wyatt C. Anderson, and Whitney L. Heppner
17 Answering Questions: A Comparison of Survey Satisficing and Mindlessness 312 David L. Vannette and Jon A. Krosnick
18 The Impact of Mindfulness on Creativity Research and Creativity Enhancement 328 Shelley Carson
19 Mediating Mindful Social Interactions Through Design 345 Kristina Niedderer
20 On Being Mindful of Time 367 Stuart Albert
21 Mindfulness and the Neuroscience of Influence 387 Emily B. Falk
Part III Leadership and Organizational Behavior 405
22 Organizing for Mindfulness 407 Kathleen M. Sutcliffe and Timothy J. Vogus
23 Mindfulness and Organizational Defenses: Exploring Organizational and Institutional Challenges to Mindfulness 424 Silvia Jordan and Idar Alfred Johannessen
24 Mindful Leadership 443 James L. Ritchie-Dunham
25 Mindfulness at Work 458 Michael Pirson
26 Two (or More) Concepts of Mindfulness in Law and Conflict Resolution 471 Leonard L. Riskin
27 Mindfulness in Law 487 Scott L. Rogers