Mind-Wandering and Emotional Processing in Nondirective Meditation

A Conversation with … Ethan Kross PhD, the Psychologist Who Knows What We Should Say When We Talk to Ourselves

“…Of course, Buddhists (and others) say my friend is right, too. They’ve been writing about this for thousands of years [4]. But what makes Dr. Kross’s work so much fun—and so germane to surgeons—is just what happens when our mind wanders, and what we can do about it to become better at a key part of our day jobs: healing others by moving our hands.…”