{"id":87530,"date":"2018-03-23T20:48:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T18:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=87530"},"modified":"2018-03-23T20:49:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T18:49:10","slug":"how-to-tame-your-wandering-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=87530","title":{"rendered":"how to tame your wandering mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width:854px\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/amishi_jha_how_to_tame_your_wandering_mind\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" style=\"position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:100%;height:100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amishi Jha studies how we pay attention: the process by which our brain decides what&#8217;s important out of the constant stream of information it receives. Both external distractions (like stress) and internal ones (like mind-wandering) diminish our attention&#8217;s power, Jha says &#8212; but some simple techniques can boost it. &#8220;Pay attention to your attention,&#8221; Jha says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amishi Jha studies how we pay attention: the process by which our brain decides what&#8217;s important out of the constant stream of information it receives. Both external distractions (like stress) and internal ones (like mind-wandering) diminish our attention&#8217;s power, Jha says &#8212; but some simple techniques can boost it. &#8220;Pay attention to your attention,&#8221; Jha [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1951,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=1951","url_meta":{"origin":87530,"position":0},"title":"Airtel","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"11\/07\/2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Advertising Agency: REDIFFUSION Y&R Gurgaon, India Chief Creative Officers: Ramanuj Shastry, Sagar Mahabaleshwarkar Executive Creative Directors \/ Creative Directors: Jaideep Mahajan, Deepesh Jha Copywriters: Deepesh Jha, Megha Dutta Advertiser's Supervisor: Navin Shenoy Account Supervisor: Jaideep Mahajan Art Directors: Jaideep Mahajan, Shameem Mohammad, Anunay Rai Photographer: Tarun Vishwa Great art direction\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;ads&quot;","block_context":{"text":"ads","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"airteltourist","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/airteltourist-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":99005,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=99005","url_meta":{"origin":87530,"position":1},"title":"how to tame your wandering mind","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"23\/03\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"how to tame your wandering\u00a0mind View On WordPress","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54473,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=54473","url_meta":{"origin":87530,"position":2},"title":"meanwhile @ Gotham","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"18\/10\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"via wandering thoughts","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/41.media.tumblr.com\/7f56c3991781bf8a9b81656e8b7a0d14\/tumblr_nbnywniWRd1s31qbto1_500.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":120476,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=120476","url_meta":{"origin":87530,"position":3},"title":"meanwhile @ Gotham","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"18\/10\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"via wandering thoughts meanwhile @ Gotham was originally published on The Curious Brain","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/66.media.tumblr.com\/7f56c3991781bf8a9b81656e8b7a0d14\/tumblr_nbnywniWRd1s31qbto1_500.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":105668,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=105668","url_meta":{"origin":87530,"position":4},"title":"How To Pay Attention 20\u2026","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"18\/04\/2016","format":"gallery","excerpt":"How To Pay Attention 20 Ways To Win The War Against\u00a0Seeing Article by Rob Walker via @swissmiss","rel":"","context":"In &quot;all other stuff&quot;","block_context":{"text":"all other stuff","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_o5ttih34NZ1qa68vyo1_1280.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":41090,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=41090","url_meta":{"origin":87530,"position":5},"title":"Freight Train","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"17\/09\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"What Wandering Heart by This Is Deer Country Gorgeous and very addictive! 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