Wakefulness in Buddhist Meditators 1 Increased Wakefulness as Measured by the WAKE-16 is Related to Mindfulness and Emotional Self-Regulation in Experienced Buddhist Meditators Christine Flatten 1 , Damisela Linares Gutiérrez 2 , Sebastian L. Kübel 2,3 , Steve Taylor 4 , Marc Wittmann 2 1 Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany 2 Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, Freiburg, Germany 3 Department of Criminology, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany 4 Department of Psychology, Leeds School of Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, UK Correspondence concerning this manuscript should be addressed to Marc Wittmann, Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health, Wilhelmstr. 3a, 79098 Freiburg, Germany. Email: wittmann@igpp.de