Questions tagged [thought]
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Does intentionally being aware of an emotion or thought pattern increase the incidence of that thought pattern?
As a means of tracking and exerting control over my life and emotions, I've considered doing a daily log to measure various life metrics, like what time I got up, how much coffee I've drunk, and various emotions etc.
One of the metrics I've…
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What forms of human thinking are present on animals and protohumans?
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I'm trying to see what characteristics of human thinking are present on animals and protohumans. In other words, how our thought depends on previous forms of intelligence (because of evolution and particularly that of brain…
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Is there any comprehensive classification of thinking style?
I see many thinking styles,
inductive thought, deductive thought, critical thinking, convergent thinking, divergent thinking, dominant thinking, and so on.
but is there any comprehensive classification of thinking styles? then we can glance over all…
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Why do thoughts take a non-zero length of time?
I was staring blankly at my desk thinking about how to overcome a programming task at work when it suddenly dawned on me I had spent the best part of half an hour trying to envision how this problem could be solved. This got me thinking, why is it…
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Does thoughtfulness make us more susceptible to criticism?
I have noticed that when I am in a thinking mode and someone that matters to me such as my mother criticises me I keep thinking about it throughout the day and this has a negative impact on me and my emotions. On the other hand when I decide to stop…
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