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The Benefits of Meditation on Focus and Attention
1:03:10 - 1:10:08 (06:57)
Brain imaging shows that expert meditators can focus on external stimuli for extended periods of time, while most people's minds tend to wander. Regular meditation practice can help improve attention and focus through consistent refocusing.
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One of the key elements of any meditative practice, whether interoceptively or extra-oceptively focused, is that it's a refocusing practice to calm the mind and avoid thoughts skipping away from your center of focus.
1:03:10 - 1:04:55 (01:44)
Summary
One of the key elements of any meditative practice, whether interoceptively or extra-oceptively focused, is that it's a refocusing practice to calm the mind and avoid thoughts skipping away from your center of focus.
ChapterThe Benefits of Meditation on Focus and Attention
EpisodeHow Meditation Works & Science-Based Effective Meditations
PodcastHuberman Lab
Neuroimaging studies have found that expert meditators really focus on all 20 tones, while most people tend to lose their concentration after the 10th or 11th tone.
1:04:55 - 1:07:14 (02:18)
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Neuroimaging studies have found that expert meditators really focus on all 20 tones, while most people tend to lose their concentration after the 10th or 11th tone. It turns out that modern neuroimaging studies have shown that expert meditators don't have better focus such that they're staying in a very narrow trench of focus.
ChapterThe Benefits of Meditation on Focus and Attention
EpisodeHow Meditation Works & Science-Based Effective Meditations
PodcastHuberman Lab
The Waking Up app by Sam Harris includes a wide variety of meditations that are immensely beneficial if practiced consistently, including short descriptions of what each meditation is doing and its benefits.
1:07:14 - 1:10:08 (02:53)
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The Waking Up app by Sam Harris includes a wide variety of meditations that are immensely beneficial if practiced consistently, including short descriptions of what each meditation is doing and its benefits. It also comprises the vast range of possibilities that are possible with meditation.