Attention is an issue of urgent concern. What we pay attention to is our life: Attention is our
brain's boss determining what we focus on how we perceive the world and ultimately what we
experience. And yet many of us are feeling distracted scattered and ineffective and looking
for real solutions - not sticking plasters. In a work culture that expects us to be available
at all times we struggle to both accomplish our career goals and remain present and engaged
for the passing priceless moments of our lives with our children partners families and
friends. In PEAK MIND Dr Jha unpacks her decades of research on the science of attention and
its power to define our lives: what we experience how we remember it and what we can achieve.
PEAK MIND will take us on a journey into the inner workings of our own brains revealing how we
can use the latest insights in neuroscience to realise our own potential. It will take readers
behind the scenes into fascinating new studies and research debunking common assumptions and
offering stunning new insight into where presence purpose and mental fitness really come
from. Through her work with those in high stress high consequence professions (soldiers
firefighters athletes and more) she reveals her discovery that of all the cognitive training
techniques and gadgets she's tested in her lab only one results in improvements to attention
and performance: mindfulness practice. Through multiple studies in the lab and in the field
Dr. Jha has scaled down her training program to reach the lower limit of training time and a
minimum required dose - 12 minutes daily - for people with limited time (i.e. almost all of us)
who nevertheless want to protect and improve their attention and cognition.
