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Can I read Rapt : Attention and the Focused Life on EtoBox?
Rapt : Attention and the Focused Life by Winifred Gallagher; OverDrive, Inc is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Rapt : Attention and the Focused Life about?
The behavioral scientist author of Just the Way You Are presents a provocative argument that the quality of one's life is directly related to the focus of one's attention, drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to cover such topics as the human capacity for training concentration, the ways in which the creative mind thinks, and why people deliberate on the wrong factors when making big decisions.
Who reads Rapt : Attention and the Focused Life?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Winifred Gallagher; OverDrive, Inc
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc.
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781594202100
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Fiction, Self Help, Science
- Rating
- 3.54 / 5 (47 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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