Preface to the 25th Anniversary Edition xiii
1. Introduction 3
Part 1 Mindlessness 9
2. When the Light's On and Nobody's Home 11
Trapped by Categories 12
Automatic Behavior 14
Acting from a Single Perspective 18
3. The Roots of Mindlessness 21
The Mindless "Expert" 22
The Sacrilegious Poodle 24
Mindlessness and the Unconscious 27
Belief in Limited Resources 29
Entropy and Linear Time as Limiting Mindsets 32
Education for Outcome 35
The Power of Context 37
4. The Costs of Mindlessness 45
A Narrow Self-image 46
Unintended Cruelty 50
Loss of Control 52
Learned Helplessness 55
Stunted Potential 56
Part 2 Mindfulness 61
5. The Nature of Mindfulness 63
Creating New Categories 65
Welcoming New Information 68
More Than One View 70
Control over Context: The Birdman of Alcatraz 74
Process Before Outcome 76
Mindfulness East and West 79
6. Mindful Aging 81
Control and Survival 81
Reversing Memory Loss 87
Outgrowing Mindsets 89
Stretching the Limits of Age 92
Growth in Age 94
Putting Age in Context: An Experiment 99
7. Creative Uncertainty 113
Mindfulness and Intuition 114
Creativity and Conditional Learning 117
Distinctions and Analogies 127
8. Mindfulness on the Job 131
Welcoming the Glitch 132
Second Wind 133
Innovation 136
The Power of Uncertainty for Managers 140
Burnout and Control 146
9. Decreasing Prejudice by Increasing Discrimination 151
A Patient by Any Other Name 153
The Painted Cast 156
Mindfully Different 158
Disabling Mindsets 162
Discrimination Without Prejudice 165
10. Minding Matters: Mindfulness and Health 169
Dualism: A Dangerous Mindset 171
The Body in Context 174
Addiction in Context 180
The Traditional Placebo: Fooling the Mind 185
The Active Placebo: Enlisting the Mind 188
Epilogue: Beyond Mindfulness 195
Notes 203
Index 223
Acknowledgments 243
About the Author 245