http://www.otherlobe.com/2009/11/thought-control/ A Blog About Experiential Education, Social Media, and the Brain... Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:54:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.otherlobe.com/2009/11/thought-control/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Mercedes Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:30:44 +0000 http://www.otherlobe.com/?p=276#comment-360 Hi Caroline and Jim, This blog post is great! It definitely embodies "other lobe" thinking. It makes sense that these are competing processes, however, I never thought about it in these terms. The more I do not want to think about something; the more I think about it. Yet, if I do not want to think about something, I can fill my day with other activities and, for the most part, I will not think about said thought. However, as you stated, the problem does arise when I am stressed out or overwhelmed! Then, that is all I can think about! I think the theories here have important implications for people who find themselves in school pursuing a degree "for their parents" instead of what makes them happy. What they really want to do in life becomes sort of an obsession because they cannot pursue it. Caroline-- Do you have other research experiences that illustrate this phenomenon? I am just curious what other scenarios give rise to the conflicting processes! Thanks again for the post! Hi Caroline and Jim,
This blog post is great! It definitely embodies “other lobe” thinking. It makes sense that these are competing processes, however, I never thought about it in these terms. The more I do not want to think about something; the more I think about it. Yet, if I do not want to think about something, I can fill my day with other activities and, for the most part, I will not think about said thought. However, as you stated, the problem does arise when I am stressed out or overwhelmed! Then, that is all I can think about! I think the theories here have important implications for people who find themselves in school pursuing a degree “for their parents” instead of what makes them happy. What they really want to do in life becomes sort of an obsession because they cannot pursue it.
Caroline– Do you have other research experiences that illustrate this phenomenon? I am just curious what other scenarios give rise to the conflicting processes!
Thanks again for the post!

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