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:I. Meta-Beginnings – Grappling with universal vagueness II. Getting Precise – Definition and measurements III. Brain-Wandering? – What’s happening inside IV. Creativity – Mind-wandering’s upside V. Responses – Views from the other side VI. On the Wild Side – Free will and multiple universes VII. Outstanding Issues – From the Decline Effect to an encouraging universe About Ideas Roadshow Conversations:
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