Ano: The quickest and easiest way to restore your attentional capacity, which gets so drained by this very hardest focus that we have to engage in one where when we're working, is to spend time outside. You know, especially during the pandemic, that became a real um ballast for me. Ano: We bring a more diffuse kind of attention when we're a looking at things outside. It's a very diffuse and soft kind of allowing your attention to be diverted here and there. So you return from that time outside, or that time looking out of the window, i'm really feeling restored and refreshed.
Annie Murphy Paul visits Google to discuss her book "The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain". The book discusses how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships. “Use your head” - that’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’ve got it exactly backwards. What we need to do, says Annie Murphy Paul, is think outside the brain. Her book, “The Extended Mind,” outlines the research behind this exciting new vision of human ability, exploring the findings of neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, and psychologists, and examining the practices of educators, managers, and leaders who are already reaping the benefits of thinking outside the brain. “The Extended Mind” offers a dramatic new view of how our minds work, full of practical advice on how we can all think better.
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