When you switch from task to task, your brain has to backtrack a little bit and pick up and figure out where it left off”—and

Directing your mental gaze to what is currently occupying your attentional space can be an odd exercise, as we rarely notice what has taken hold of our attention but spend most of our time totally immersed in what we’re experiencing. There’s a term for this process: meta-awareness. Becoming aware of what you’re thinking about is one of the best pra

The final entry in our triad of prevailing perceptual filters is change blindness, the failure to notice fluctuations in our visual field.