FIT1049 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Procrastination, Soundscape
30 May 2018
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Mindfulness Week 1
What is mindfulness?
•Living in the NOW!
•Fully engaged and present in the moment!
•Learning to pay attention!
•Attention training!
Interests increases attention
Attention training/mindfulness
•The practice helps us to learn to tune in!
◦Find ways to keep attention engaged longer periods!
◦Notice when mind has wandered and gently bring it back!
◦More practice = the better attention!
◦Rewires the brain = better performance < stress!
Body Scan:
•Side effects:!
◦Brain reprogramming!
Mindfulness Week 2
Increase in error rate has not been associated with mindfulness
Multi tasking:
•Mind can only focus one task at a time!
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•performance , efficiency, quality of work goes down, stress
increases, takes longer, brains gets more fatigued!
•Can do 2 simple things simultaneously!
•2 complex things = attentions switching!
Attentional Blink
When we switch from one activity to another, offline for 2-5 sec, new
information prevented is not noticed
Memory & Attention
If ATTENTION NOT ENGAGED then MEMORY NOT ENGAGED
Mindfulness Week 3
Mindfulness and Stress
Mindfulness allows you to be aware from stressful life events
Power of Curiosity
Younger
•Brain releases chemicals that help neurons to form thus increases
learning!
•Uses sense!
Older
•Experience through concepts!
•Recalling past incident & predict what happens in future!
•Take things for granted!
Stress & Perception relationship
Stress = perceived inability to cope
Release the stress hormones
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Document Summary
The practice helps us to learn to tune in. Find ways to keep attention engaged longer periods: notice when mind has wandered and gently bring it back, more practice = the better attention, rewires the brain = better performance < stress. Increase in error rate has not been associated with mindfulness. Multi tasking: mind can only focus one task at a time performance , efficiency, quality of work goes down, stress increases, takes longer, brains gets more fatigued, can do 2 simple things simultaneously. When we switch from one activity to another, offline for 2-5 sec, new information prevented is not noticed. If attention not engaged then memory not engaged. Mindfulness allows you to be aware from stressful life events. Brain releases chemicals that help neurons to form thus increases learning: uses sense. Experience through concepts: recalling past incident & predict what happens in future. Stimulants can put your body in stress immune system goes down.
