Attention, Mind Wandering, And Stress With Amishi Jha

In this episode, Wendy speaks with cognitive and contemplative neuroscientist Amishi Jha about using mindfulness to help improve our attention and its usefulness, particularly in high-stress situations. Amishi takes a broad and nuanced perspective on attention—arguing that it’s much more than just our ability to focus on the task at hand. Rather, attention is foundational for capacities like decision making, emotion regulation, and even empathy and compassion.

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Brilliant I return to this track regularly :)

So interesting, informative, and poignant! I will listen to this again. Thank you.