The greedy brain

Scientific psychology meets Buddhist teachings on mindfulness: Judson Brewer draws on his knowledge from both disciplines. Written in the first person and sometimes very personally, he conveys even complex series of experiments in such a way that they evoke an "aha" experience in the layman. He likes to use metaphors from popular culture: Captain Kirk stands for the emotional gut and Mr. Spock for the cool intellect. Brewer exposes everyday addictions (many more than we would admit!) and shows how we have conditioned ourselves to them. Many weaning programs do not break the unfortunate chain of trigger - behavior - reward - repetition. Mindfulness is supposed to do this better - and it can be learned without having to go to a Buddhist monastery, but instead of repeated references to mindfulness training, we would have liked more concrete instructions on how to follow the "mindful path". Nevertheless, Get Abstract recommends the book to anyone who wants to face hectic everyday life with its hollow temptations with calm and serenity.getAbstract rating: 7Implementability: 7Innovation level: 9Style: 6In cooperation with getAbstract, Lucerne (logo)Publisher: Kösel-VerlagPublication year: 2018Pages: 318ISBN: 9783466346974