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Re:The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe, say res... by certmd on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @10:55PM (#18404227)
Cannot strongly recommend enough "The Mind Illuminated" by John Yates.

https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Illuminated-Meditation-Integrati...

It's been discussed on HN before (it's how I found it a few years ago) and breaks down meditation in a systematic way while relating the phenomena described in Buddhist texts to current psychological principles. This "moments of consciousness model" of the mind is discussed at length and a short answer to you question is yes, different sensory moments are integrated in "binding moments".

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Re:The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe, say res... by justinpombrio on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:12PM (#18404281)
Yeah, I own it. "Binding moments" is why I asked that question :-).

I'm partly wondering if peoples' experience matches the book's description, and partly looking for more detail about what the actual experience is like than the book provides.

Would second the recommendation though: it's a great book.

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