Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 week agoThe 50-Percent Rule for Living Well
Consciously prioritize noticing and celebrating everyday goodness by allocating at least half of attention and mental energy to positive aspects of life.
This phenomenon is referred to as selective attention, and a famous study designed by Simons and Chabris (1999) demonstrated it quite well. For their research, these scientists showed a video to student volunteers featuring players passing basketballs back and forth, one team in white t-shirts, and the other team in black t-shirts. The viewers were instructed to count the passes between players wearing the white t-shirts.