Showing results for "Attention" in Politics & Social Sciences

Meditation offers, in addition to its many other benefits, a method for achieving previously inconceivable levels of concentration. Author B. Alan Wallace has nearly 30 years' practice in attention-enhancing meditation, including a retreat he performed under the guidance of the Dalai Lama. An active participant in the much-publicized dialogues between Buddhists and scientists, Alan is uniquely qualified to speak intelligently to both camps, and The Attention Revolution is the definitive presentation of his knowledge.

Can We Have Your Attention? is your guide to surviving and thriving in the modern attention economy. We talk about the players fighting for your focus – from the algorithms optimising your feeds to the ad tech and brand strategies that keep you scrolling.We go beyond the click-bait bad news and look for solutions. Each episode explores digital wellbeing, media literacy, and practical mental health tools to help you build resilience against distraction and burnout. Whether you want to understand the creator economy, manage your screen time, or simply reclaim your mind from big tech, join us ...

Don’t fit the format. Fix it.The Attention Shift dives into the evolving world of sport, media and culture. Where eyeballs go, business follows. Hosted by Ed Abis and Jo Redfern, it’s unfiltered conversations about the battle for attention, platform power plays and the future of fandom. No fluff. No filters. Just sharp takes with the people shaping what’s next. If you’re in sport, media or tech, or just obsessed with where attention is heading, this is your front-row seat.This is The Attention Shift powered by Dizplai. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Penguin. We all feel it: something is seriously wrong. Our attention—that essential ability to give our minds and senses to the world—is being trapped, gutted, and sold out from under us by an industry of immense technological and financial power. The heedless exploitation...

Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? is a meticulously researched, comprehensive guide to recognizing and dealing with Adult ADHD, offering a message of hope for the millions of people whose lives this disorder has impacted.

The groundbreaking science of how and why we talk, and how this ability impacts every area of our lives Humans are the only species that can transform internal ideas into talk, whether through speech, writing, or sign language. But why do we have this almost magical, special talent? It turns out...

Blending the lessons of psychotherapy with Buddhist teachings, Mark Epstein offers a revolutionary understanding of what constitutes a healthy emotional life “One of the most sophisticated integrations of the therapeutic and spiritual disciplines.” —New York Times The line between...

"A rich inquiry into what it means to pay (and maintain) attention in a world increasingly permeated with distraction and interference.” —Publisher’s Weekly Combining expert storytelling with genuine self-scrutiny, Casey Schwartz details the decade she spend taking Adderall to help her pay...

Can the mind undergo a radical revolution? How do you observe the world? What solves our human problem is observing the whole process of ourselves without judging, condemning, translating or rejecting—just to observe.

Learn to change your mindset, relieve anxiety, dissolve pain, and bring a greater sense of wellbeing into your life by changing how you pay attention, with easy-to-apply techniques and in-the-moment exercises from Dr. Les Fehmi’s Open Focus method.

'Incisive' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation of how technology and entertainment have warped humanity ' SOPHIE GILBERT, PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST AND AUTHOR OF GIRL ON GIRL _______ From an award-winning staff writer for the Atlantic, Screen People is an eye-opening...

Every year, millions of withdrawn little girls and chronically overwhelmed women go undiagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder because they don't fit the stereotypical profile: they're not fast-talking, hyperactive, or inattentive, and they are not male. Sari Solden's groundbreaking study reveals that ADHD affects just as many women as men, and that the resulting depression, disorganization, anxiety, and underachievement are also symptoms of ADHD. Newly revised and updated to reflect the latest clinical research, the book explores treatment and counseling options and more.

News is to the mind as sugar is to the body. In 2013 Rolf Dobelli stood in front of a room full of journalists and proclaimed that he did not read the news. It caused a riot. Now he finally sets down his philosophy in detail. And he practices what he preaches: he hasn't read the news for a...

Inattention and attention. Observing without the word. What is the function of sleep? Is love a matter of culture, a thing of pleasure and therefore dependency? Attention Leads to Learning—21st March 1970.

Seeking Attention explores the essential but elusive nature of attention through a fresh lens. Drawing inspiration from Simone Weil's assertion that "attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity," this audiobook brings attention into focus through a novel collection of short "portraits" that each examine how archetypal figures—like the detective, the fan, the therapist, the parent, and the lover—engage with attention in unique ways.

Play Attention is the podcast from Timberplay exploring how play shapes our world — from childhood development and urban design to health, creativity and community.Hosted by independent play consultant, Beth Cooper, each episode invites thinkers, designers and changemakers to share stories and ideas that champion the right to play, and challenge us all to build more playful spaces, cities and lives.

Brent Beasley, CEO of Fort Worth Education Partnership, speaks with guests about topics such as education, current events, Fort Worth, and the paths that led them to where they are now.

Le 8 juin 2016, le Québec entier est en émoi. Les médias viennent d'annoncer qu'une femme a été sauvagement attaquée par un chien de type pitbull, dans la cour arrière de sa propre demeure, et qu'elle a succombé à ses blessures au terme de souffrance inimaginables. Christiane Vadnais a été cruellement tuée par une bête déchaînée – un drame infernal qui plonge sa famille dans le deuil et le désespoir.

A Fast Food Nation for the airline industry, Attention All Passengers is a shocking and important exposé revealing the real state of the “friendly skies” in which we fly. Award-winning Consumer Reports travel journalist William McGee, a former editor of the Consumer Reports Travel Letter...

Attention Pliss! podcast hosted by Arnab Ray aka GreatBong covers politics, movies, sports, current affairs, and just about anything that caught his attention.