Dr. Amishi Jha

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1,114 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 4 Jul

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The Mel Robbins Podcast · 12 Minutes to a Better Brain: Neuroscientist Reveals the #1 Habit for Clarity & Focus · 27 Oct 2025 podcast

So this system is so good and so important for us being able to make sure that moment by moment in our lives that we are aware of the goal.

We're checking in with what we're doing and we're constantly negotiating between those two.

Is this the right thing?

Or does my action have to be corrected?

And when we are successful, everything feels fluid.

The balls are up in the air and everything's great.

And when it's not functioning well, we feel that too.

Like I failed at meeting this goal or ensuring that my actions align with that goal.

And oftentimes what somebody may be characterized as having attentional problems, but then by early adulthood, they're totally fine.

Yeah.

Because in some sense, whatever that path was, whatever that timeframe was, full maturation happened and then they were fine.

But the other thing to keep in mind about this aging-related aspect is not only does it slow to develop, but it's also fast to decline.

What do you mean?

So in general, all three of these systems of attention, flashlight, floodlight, juggler, this kind of category of attention doesn't fully develop toward 25.

Then we've got a good, solid 10-year run, 25 to 35, where our attention, all three systems are functioning quite well.

Okay, peak, peak attention.

But if you're older than 35...

then we're on sort of a normal, healthy aging downward slog.

That's just the nature of the brain.

So partly we think this is because of the kind of habits people start engaging in.

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