'An original, provocative and fascinating new theory by one of the world's leading neuroscientists about why the mind wanders - and when and why it's good for you' Daniel GilbertYour brain is noisy. Certain regions are always grinding away at involuntary activities like daydreaming and intrusive thoughts – taking up to forty-seven percent of your waking time. This is mindwandering.Mindwandering is the first popular book to explore the phenomenon of...

Nuestros cerebros son ruidosos; ciertas regiones insisten en actividades involuntarias como soñar despiertos, preocuparse por el futuro o conversar consigo mismo, actividades que ocupan hasta el 47% de nuestro tiempo de vigilia. Esto es la divagación mental, y si bien puede desviar la atención del presente y contribuir a la ansiedad y la depresión, el neurocientífico cognitivo Moshe Bar nos desvela las potencialidades que hay detrás de esta aparente neurosis.Divagando es e...

透過本書，學會依照當下場合，採用正確的心智模式。Right time, right mind.本書將使我們：徹底解決思緒混亂的問題不再受到雜念干擾；大腦出現神奇的空盪感，能擁有足夠的心智資源達成思想上的輕鬆推進。還能：讓思考更暢快、範圍更廣泛，因此心情變美麗了創造力、專注力、解決問題的能力都提高了。■ 分心時，永遠只會想著4件事大腦的內部非常嘈雜。許多區塊一直不自主地在那裡做白日夢、想...

“One of the pre-eminent cognitive neuroscientists of his generation” explores the proven benefits of letting your mind wander and the positive impact it can have on your mood and creative potential (Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling On Happiness).Our brains are noisy; certain regions are always grinding away at involuntary activities like daydreaming, worrying about the future, and self-chatter, taking up to forty-seven percent of our waking time. This i...

Our brains are noisy; certain regions are always grinding away at involuntary activities like daydreaming, worrying about the future, and self-chatter, taking up to forty-seven percent of our waking time. This is mindwandering—and while it can tug your attention away from the present, cognitive neuroscientist Moshe Bar is here to tell you about the method behind this apparent madness.Mindwandering is the first popular book to explore this multi-faceted phenomenon of your w...

Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye patch, Moshe Dayan (1915–1981) was one of Israel's most charismatic—and controversial—personalities. As a youth he earned the reputation of a fearless warrior, and in later years as a leading military tactician, admired by peers and enemies alike. As chief of staff during the 1956 Sinai Campaign and as minister of defense during the 1967 Six Day War, Dayan led the Israel Defense Forces to stunning military victories. But in the aftermath of the bu...

Covering the period from 200 BCE to 600 CE, this book describes important aspects of identity formation processes within early Judaism and Christianity, and shows how negotiations involving issues of ethnicity, stereotyping, purity, commensality, and institution building contributed to the forming of group identities. Over time, some of these Jewish group identities evolved into non-Jewish Christian identities, others into a rabbinic Jewish identity, while yet others remained somewhere in ...

When one is immersed in the fascinating world of neuroscience findings, the brain might start to seem like a collection of "modules," each specializes in a specific mental feat. But just like in other domains of Nature, it is possible that much of the brain and mind's operation can be explained with a small set of universal principles. Given exciting recent developments in theory, empirical findings and computational studies, it seems that the generation of predictions might be one strong ...

This comprehensive book covers the theoretical and practical aspects of citron trees and fruit. The citron (Citrus medica L.), one of the three primary species ancestral to most citrus types, is used for traditional medicine and is highly revered in the Jewish religion during the Tabernacles feast, referred to by the name 'Etrog'. This book’s three sections address biology (botany, genomics, Chinese and Mediterranean citrons, diseases, pests, and horticulture), tradition (Talmudic discours...