"Mindfulness is being awake and aware — being tuned into yourself, to others, and to the environment. Mindlessness is being tuned out or oblivious to important aspects of what is going on around you, and maybe even to what is happening inside of you."
Mindfulness means intentionally paying attention.
This discovery supports insights into two forms of attention: focused attention and scanning attention. We need to focus to solve problems and complete tasks. This uses the prefrontal cortex and the anterior cingulate cortex. We also need to scan our environment to be aware of what is going on around us. This uses networks associated with being social and tuning into others’ feelings.
Read this interesting article on Mindfulness from LeaderExcel.com here
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