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When mental preoccupation hijacks physical navigation

I missed my exit because I was thinking about a work presentation and I realized I do this kind of thing constantly now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Attention to future scenarios prevents awareness of present movement through actual space.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Attention and its relationship to time?”

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