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White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts: Suppression, Obesession, and the Psychology of Mental Control
White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts Suppression Obesession and the Psychology of Mental Control
Author: Daniel M. Wegner
In a series of experiments, Daniel M. Wegner told subjects not to think about white bears. Of course, they found it impossible to avoid thinking of the bearsm-just as it often seems impossible to stop thinking about forbidden foods, a social blunder, or a lost love. Drawing on theories of William James, Freud, and Dewey, as well as on studies in...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780898622232
ISBN-10: 0898622239
Publication Date: 5/1/1994
Pages: 207
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Publisher: The Guilford Press
Book Type: Paperback
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