734: How to Train Your Mind to Focus and Handle Distractions Better with Dr. Amishi Jha

734: How to Train Your Mind to Focus and Handle Distractions Better with Dr. Amishi Jha

Dr. Amishi Jha shares the results of her research to provide a simple solution to improve your focus.


— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The biggest myth about our attention spans

2) The four reasons your attention is getting hijacked

3) The three systems of attention—and how to train them


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— ABOUT AMISHI —

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 work has been featured at NATO, the World Economic Forum, and The Pentagon. She has received coverage in The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Forbes and more. You can find Dr. Jha at http://amishi.com/lab.

• Amishi’s book: Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day

• Amishi’s website: Amishi.com


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: The Stroop effect

• Study: SART

• Study: O-span Task

• Methodology: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

• Book: The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi and Coleman Barks

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