Episode Details

We invite you to listen in on an enlightening conversation with Dr. Jonathan Schooler, shedding light on his groundbreaking research at The META Lab (Memory Emotion Thought Awareness) at UC Santa Barbara about Mind Wandering.

Dr. Schooler is a Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Acting Director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research on human cognition explores topics that intersect philosophy and psychology. For instance, he delves into how fluctuations in people’s awareness of their experience mediate mind-wandering and how exposing individuals to philosophical positions alters their behavior.

In this episode, we cover:

• What is Meta Lab's research on mind wandering?
• How meditation an effective technique for reducing mind wandering
• The Finding Focus App
• What is Meta Awareness and how do we measure it?
• On drinking alcohol and its impact on awareness, creativity, inhibition, and the flow state.
• What is the difference between mind wandering and daydreaming?
• How are ideas forming?
• Exploring creative emergence in transitional states
• The importance of leisure and breaks to progress in creativity and productivity.
• Tip-of-the-tongue experiences aid in effective problem-solving
• Tips for finding focus and creativity
• How to cultivate openness to experience
• the importance of cultivating curiosity and intellectual humility for personal and societal benefit.

Helpful links:

• Jonathan Schooler - Read about the Inside and the Selection of Ideas
• Finding Focus App
• Kaplan Course
• DRUNK: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization by Edward Slingerland
• Robert Stickgold
• Episode #63: The Science and Psychology of Sleep and Dreams with Tzivia Gover
• David Gross
• Find Rosebud Woman on Instagram as @rosebudwoman, Christine on Instagram as @the.rose.woman

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