Wandering Mind - What the Brain Does When You''re Not Looking

Informationen zum Autor Michael Corballis is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Auckland! New Zealand! and the author of many books! including A Very Short Tour of the Mind: 21 Short Walks around the Human Brain. Klappentext Does the fact that fifty percent of our waking hours find us failing to focus on the task at hand represent a problem? This book shows you why! rehabilitating! woolgathering and revealing its incredibly useful effects and how mind-wandering not only frees you from moment-to-moment drudgery! but also from the limitations of our immediate selves. Zusammenfassung Does the fact that fifty percent of our waking hours find us failing to focus on the task at hand represent a problem? This book shows you why! rehabilitating! woolgathering and revealing its incredibly useful effects and how mind-wandering not only frees you from moment-to-moment drudgery! but also from the limitations of our immediate selves.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Corballis, Michael C. Corballis, Corballis Michael C., Micahel Corballis
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2015
• EAN: 9780226238616
• ISBN: 978-0-226-23861-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychology: states of consciousness, Clinical psychology, Neurosciences, Cognition and cognitive psychology, States Of Consciousness