Thought suppression

Is it possible to ban unwanted thoughts from consciousness? According to the literature on thought suppression, the answer is no. In the 1980s, Wegner and colleges demonstrated that the average person cannot prevent a trivial thought like that of a polar bear from entering consciousness approximatel...

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Main Author: Rassin, Eric.
Other Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: BRAT series in clinical psychology.
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