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Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.
Daniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
Melanie Boly, a neurologist and neuroscientist at the Medical School of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is painstakingly collecting EEG data from long-term Buddhist meditators during a state known as pure presence, an experience with no self, no discursive thoughts, and no perceptual content except for a luminous expanse, an empty mirror.
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selective attention test
youtube.comThe majority of students chooses every day not to test themselves in any way.
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
The Bayesian Brain and Meditation
youtube.comFor optimal learning, the brain must avoid any distraction.
Stanislas Dehaene • How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
can think strategically to remember the most useful information when we need it.
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
Dr. Wendy Suzuki: Boost Attention & Memory with Science-Based Tools
hubermanlab.comhowever it might be, it is obvious that we are surrounded by more sources of distraction and less opportunities to train our attention spans.