Figure 2.

Behavioral results, cross-sectional, and longitudinal study. (A) Results of the cross-sectional experiment. Reaction time for targets at the local and global level separated per group. In black: controls, in gray: meditators. The reaction time data shown here reveal a reduction in the global precedence effect in the meditation group as compared to the control group. (B) Behavioral results of the longitudinal study. Reaction time for targets at the local and global level separated per group and per session. In black: controls in gray: meditators. Solid lines correspond to session 1 and dashed lines correspond to session 2. In meditators, precedence was modulated by the retreat whereas there was no session effect in controls. Meditators with FA training responded faster to local stimuli before the retreat. After the OM retreat this effect was significantly reduced. Controls responded faster to global than to local stimuli, as expected.