White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts: Suppression, Obsession, and the Psychology of Mental Control by Daniel M. Wegner

White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts: Suppression, Obsession, and the Psychology of Mental Control

Daniel M. Wegner

207 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science self help challenging informative slow-paced
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In a series of groundbreaking experiments, Daniel M. Wegner told subjects not to think about white bears. Of course, they found it impossible to avoid thinking of the bears--just as it often seems impossible to stop thinking about forbidden foods,...

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