Mind-Wandering and Meta-Awareness

ebook A Conversation with Jonathan Schooler · Ideas Roadshow Conversations

By Howard Burton

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This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Jonathan Schooler, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This wide-ranging conversation examines how mind-wandering can serve as a window into the psychological world of meta-awareness. further topics include the nature of consciousness, mindfulness, creativity, free will, verbal overshadowing and more.

This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Back to the Future, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter :

  • Meta-Beginnings - Grappling with universal vagueness
  • Getting Precise - Definition and measurements
  • Brain-Wandering? - What's happening inside
  • Creativity - Mind-wandering's upside
  • Responses - Views from the other side
  • On the Wild Side - Free will and multiple universes
  • Outstanding Issues - From the Decline Effect to an encouraging universe
  • About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series (100 books):

    Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers, including 3 Nobel Laureates, but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research. Howard Burton holds a PhD in physics and an MA in philosophy, and was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

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