Mindfulness as a method of development of rationality?

Irrationality is largely determined by the processes, which could be described as automatic. This means that they affect decision making and reasoning without us being aware of it. Researchers have already shown that many of these unconscious cognitive biases can be brought under conscious control, so it is possible to replace heuristic reactions with deliberative ones. Author believes that the development of mindfulness constitutes one of the possible methods for positive influencing of rationality. He presents the results of recent studies in pursuit of inter-disciplinary summary and linking of existing knowledge. Mindfulness can, according to author, help individuals get various hitherto unrecognized mental processes into the consciousness and thereby reduce their impact. This should be achieved through nonverbal metacognitive reflection. The author presents the assumption that non judging of mental contents, tolerance to change and strengthened inhibitory mechanisms, associated with mindfulness are best suited for the reduction of certain cognitive biases. Finally, the author claims that the development of mindfulness can also positively influence rationality in non-cognitive areas such as selfconcept and emotional regulation.