Table 3.

Summary of experimental results on self-reports of phenomenological dimensions during meditation states. All reported effects (discrimination of states, fatigue and discrimination of phenomenological dimensions) were associated to specific aspects of participants’ home practice. The importance of desirable responding score as a predictor was never higher than practice. DV: dependent variable; DC: demand characteristics; BIDR: Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding; FA: focused attention; OM: open monitoring; FOB: focus/open practice balance index; Stb: Stability; Clr: Clarity; Apr: Aperture; RTV: response time variability.

DV	Interpretation	Level of DC	Predictors’ evidence across model space
			BIDR	Practice
${\mathit{apr}}_{\mathit{OM}}-{\mathit{apr}}_{\mathit{FA}}$	Discrimination of states	strong	0.31	0.55	FOB × Experience
$\frac{{\mathit{stb}}_3-{\mathit{stb}}_1}{2}+\frac{\mathit{clr}-{\mathit{clr}}_1}{2}$	Fatigue	moderate	0.40	0.74	Intensityfocus
$z_{\mathit{RTV},stb}-z_{\mathit{RTV},clr}$	Discrimination of phenomenological dimensions	none	0.23	0.84	Experience