The Third System of Attention

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Anoca, the technical term fom what i'm talking about is something call meda awareness. So it's awareness of the thoughts, content processes that are at play in our own mind. And so there is this very important function of cultivating the ability to watch which actually brings up the third system of attention. The floodlight really is like a floodlight you might have on top of your garage. It's just set to detect anything that happens. All these three systems are working together constantly, right? Were focussing. Any moment we can insure that we aline our focus with the golls, hey everyone.

Dr. Amishi Jha is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. She serves as the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, which she co-founded in 2010. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California–Davis and postdoctoral training at the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University.

Dr. Jha's newest book is available now: Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day.