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NEIL BAILEY: Everybody's
had that experience

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of having to try
and solve a problem

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creatively in the
moment, but not

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really being able to focus
on it because they're worried

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about something that
happened yesterday,

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or something that's
going to happen tomorrow.

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The worry about
tomorrow or yesterday,

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that's actually increased
default mode network,

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so that's associated
with rumination.

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That network's associated with
habitual thought patterns.

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In contrast, focusing
on the moment

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activates the
attentional network,

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and the attentional network
is associated with improved

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cognitive performance.

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So mindfulness meditation
can reduce the activity

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of the default mode
network, shift it

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towards the attentional network,
and help us focus on the moment

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and think creatively to
solve a problem right now.