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Attention & Focus Pt 1 | Neuroscience with Amishi Jha

First Person Plural: EI & Beyond

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Concentration Is a Muscle

When i'ma tired i'm fuzzy, if i lose focus. When i have meditated and had some coffee, which helps too, i feel really pretty sharp. At the end of a meditation retreat, that's actually probably the sharpest that i've ever felt. You know, this really fits with what amishi has found in her research, which is that attention is a muscle. We can enhance our focus the more we practise it. And meditation is definitely practising focusing attention.

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