Mindfulness and the Art of Non-Distraction

Mike Mrazek, a friend of Anacapa’s calculus teacher, Rachid, and PhD student in experimental psychology at UCSB, visited Anacapa to discuss his studies in “mindfulness” and “mind-wandering.” Mike took 50 UCSB undergraduate students and gave them mindfulness training in order to improve their focus. The students who received the training saw an increase in a GRE-like test scores as compared to students who received the “control” training in nutrition. Mike even shared some mindfulness exercises with students and staff to improve our ability to focus on the task at hand.