Also, the laser like focus on the most critical information in your working memory (which is what IM is about) is a much narrower concept than a more global philosophy of life (“your life is the creation of what you focus on-and what you don’t”). I do not agree 100% with all Gallagher suggests, as with any single prescription for the ultimate way to live one’s life, it tends to overreach at times. It is with this background that I find RAPT to be of considerable interest. However, unfettered mind wandering can allow for creative thought (and also the flip side-ruminations of irrational or bad thoughts). The mind wandering of the default brain networkneeds to be shut down to focus. However, 100% laser beam focus is not attainable, nor would one want to constantly be super focused. By this I mean one wants to train your brain to invoke focused attention when facing cognitively demanding tasks. I have further suggested that “ on demand focus” is a potentially powerful tool. The last line of the poem “Yes! No!” ( published in Mary Oliver’s book “Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays”) reads: “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.I have been reading Winfred Gallagher’s 2009 book “ RAPT: Attention and the focused life.” In many of my blog posts I maintain that Interactive Metronome (IM) training requires controlled attention-focus. She writes that “a rare convergence of insights from both neuroscience and psychology suggests a paradigm shift in how to think about this cranial laser….Like fingers pointing to the moon, other diverse disciplines from anthropology to education, behavioral economics to family counseling, similarly suggest that the skillful management of attention is the sine qua non of the good life and the key to improving virtually every aspect of your experience, from mood to productivity to relationships.”Įlsewhere in the book, she give us a powerful message - “All day long, you are selectively paying attention to something….indeed, your ability to focus on this and suppress that is the key to controlling your experience and, ultimately, your well-being.” In “Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life”, Winifred Gallagher calls attention the “cranial laser.”
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