COG250Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Christian Contemplation, Computer Keyboard, Depth Perception

• School: UTSG
• Department: Cognitive Science
• Course: COG250Y1
• Professor: John Vervaeke

Document Summary

Hand tapping exp (done in class): illustrates problem with search light metaphor. Exercise is: continue tapping the object with your probe while listening to his voice, as he directs you what to focus on (first the object, then your probe, then your hand, etc) You become focally aware (fa) of the object (eg. water bottle, probe eg. You become focally aware (fa) of the object (eg. water bottle, probe eg. pen) Initially you were aware of the object through your probe (not of your probe per se) He"s sa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g that atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) is a p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) su(cid:271)sidia(cid:396)(cid:455) awareness (sa) and focal awareness. When you shift your focus to the probe, so your focus awareness was on the probe, you only had a subsidiary awareness of your fingers (note that you lost focus on your object) A(cid:374)d o(cid:374) a(cid:374)d o(cid:374) (cid:455)ou al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s (cid:396)el(cid:455) o(cid:374) the . a to fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g. Mindfulness is about: looking at your sensations vs. becoming aware through them.