Mind-Wandering and Meta-Awareness: A Conversation with Jonathan Schooler

Description

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 : Meta-Beginnings - Grappling with universal vagueness Getting Precise - Definition and measurements Brain-Wandering? - What's happening inside Creativity - Mind-wandering's upside Responses - Views from the other side On the Wild Side - Free will and multiple universes Outstanding Issues - From the Decline Effect to an encouraging universe About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series (100 books): Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers, including 3 Nobel Laureates, but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research. Howard Burton holds a PhD in physics and an MA in philosophy, and was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.