On the Varieties of Attention ：A BIT of Selfless Insight ( MIT Press BITS )

Publication subTitle ：A BIT of Selfless Insight

Publication series ：MIT Press BITS

Author： Austin James H.

Publisher： MIT Press‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9780262318846

Subject： Q189 Neurobiology

Keyword： SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience,RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist)

Language： ENG

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During the past three decades, neurology researcher James Austin (author of Zen and the Brain) has been at the cutting edge of both Zen and neuroscience, constantly discovering new examples of how these two large fields each illuminate the other. In this BIT, Austin discusses how meditation trains our attention, reprogramming it toward subtle forms of awareness that are more openly mindful. He reveals many subtleties in our networks of attention. They enable us to direct attention voluntarily -- from the top down -- or reflexively -- from the bottom up -- and to focus it either internally or externally.

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