Publisher's Synopsis
Contents: Understanding Concentration; Thoughts on Concentration; Techniques of Concentration; Exercises in Concentration -- Concentrating on Demand: An Introduction; Where There Are Matters of Marginal Interest; When New Material is Involved; When Faced with Hard Concepts; Concentrating When There Are Distractions -- When There Are Persistent Distractions; When There Are Multiple Distractions; When There Are Intermittent Distractions; Concentrating When the Mind Wanders: An Introduction; When There Are Strong Memories; When Doing Activities by Rote; When There is a Lack of Interest; Some Final Thoughts on Concentration; Index.