Why Our Minds Wander | Free Book
We all daydream; we've all experienced that moment when we suddenly
realise that instead of paying attention in a meeting or reading a
book, our mind has wandered. In that moment our conscious mind has
detached from the current task at hand and drifted elsewhere.
Our
attention is a powerful lens which allows us to pick out and filter
relevant details from the vast amounts of information our brains
receive – so how does our brain decide where to go when it wanders,
why does it focus on one thing over another? How important is
daydreaming and why do we do it?
Traditionally
daydreaming was considered to be a single state of mind. However,
recent research has shown that not only are there different states
of daydreaming, these states are actually governed by different
neurological pathways, meaning not all mind wandering is the
same!
Here, Arnaud Delorme PhD examines the science and
theory behind why we daydream, examining its potential purpose. He
shows you how to tame your 'monkey mind' and offers easy techniques
that will enable you to develop the skill of mind wandering to
improve your mood and foster greater creativity.
About the Author
Arnaud Delorme, PhD has been studying human consciousness for the last 20 years. He is a CNRS principal investigator in Toulouse, France, a member of faculty at the University of California, San Diego, and a research scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. He is a long-term Zen meditator, and has taught in India on the neural correlates of conscious experience in a Master's degree program for the Birla Institute of Technology. He resides in Hawaii, USA.
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