{"product_id":"walking-in-a-delayed-world-guido-freddi-9798276836720","title":"Walking in a Delayed World: Perception, Consciousness and Predictive Brains on the Mountain Path. A Metacognitive Realism Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if every perception you have of the world is already in the past by the time you \"experience\" it?\u003cbr\u003eWhat if the self that seems so solid while you walk, talk, fear, or hope is in fact a \u003cb\u003efragile construction\u003c\/b\u003e, constantly assembled and dissolved by a brain working on delayed data?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMindtrek Papers #01 - \u003ci\u003eWalking in a Delayed World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a short, dense essay at the crossroads of \u003cb\u003ecultural anthropology, contemplative walking practice, and cognitive neuroscience\u003c\/b\u003e. Written by an anthropologist and trekking guide, it starts from a very concrete situation-hours of walking in silence through mountains-and uses it as a living laboratory to question some of our most taken-for-granted assumptions about consciousness, perception, and the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe paper explores how the brain \u003cb\u003enever has direct access to the present but\u003c\/b\u003e only to slightly outdated sensory information that it must continuously reconstruct and interpret. Against this background, it examines what happens during long, attentive walks: how the inner narrative can loosen; how the sense of \"I\" can expand, contract, or almost vanish; and how awe, fear, fatigue, and relief are shaped both by neural dynamics (prediction, delay, and default mode network activity) and by landscape, culture, and personal history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than choosing between \"hard science\" and \"spirituality,\" this first Mindtrek Paper argues for a \u003cb\u003econsciousness-first, field-based realism\u003c\/b\u003e: we only ever meet \"the world\" as it appears in lived experience, and that experience is not a vague, mystical idea but something that can be described, compared, and partially correlated with brain and body processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will find here: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear explanations of \u003cb\u003edelay, prediction, and the default mode network\u003c\/b\u003e, always anchored in concrete examples from walking in real places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthropological and phenomenological vignettes from \u003cb\u003eMindtrek expeditions\u003c\/b\u003e in mountain landscapes, where participants confront illness, fear, change, and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA proposal to treat your own conscious experience-not as a private fantasy-but as a \u003cb\u003elegitimate field of inquiry\u003c\/b\u003e, as serious as any external measurement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume is for readers who feel that a simple walk sometimes opens deep questions: psychologists and clinicians, trekking guides, contemplative practitioners, philosophers of mind, and curious walkers who suspect that their steps are already doing more \"research\" than they realize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guido Freddi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798276836720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d","brand":"Guido Freddi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997274845439,"sku":"9798276836720","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walking-in-a-delayed-world-guido-freddi-9798276836720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}