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How to Quickly Change What Matters & What Happens Inside Your Imagination

2025/6/23
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Mike Carruthers: 我认为改变是困难的，但有些事情可以比其他事情更容易、更快地改变。心理学界一直认为，要改变个性需要大量工作和咨询。但我一直认为，如果人们有动力，他们可以自己做出重大改变。 Richard Wiseman: 我认为心理学中有很多发现和有趣的结果可以很快地被学习，改变不需要具有挑战性。例如，感恩练习可以帮助我们意识到事情并没有我们想象的那么糟糕。花钱购买体验比购买商品更能带来幸福感，因为体验能给你带来社交资本和新鲜的回忆。成功的人倾向于将大目标分解为许多小目标，并与具体的事件联系起来。如果你对某事拖延，就给自己五分钟的时间，你更有可能完成整个任务。在人际关系中，每次你说一些消极的事情，都要用一些积极的事情来平衡，你会开始以不同的方式看待这段关系。为了减轻压力，你的行为决定了你的感受，所以表现得平静是减轻压力的最有效方法。想象实现目标的步骤，而不是终点。 Adam Zeman: 想象力是一组能力，它使我们能够脱离此时此地，回忆过去，预测未来。我们大部分时间都生活在自己的头脑中，大约四分之一到一半的时间都在做白日梦和走神。患有想象缺失症的人在认知上并没有缺陷，他们用想法、概念、文字或符号来思考。我们可以分享我们想象的内容，而地球上没有其他生物可以做到。过去三百万年的进化史，就是我们分享想象力的能力不断增长的故事，而这正是人类文化的基础。梦是由大脑深处的驱动过程驱动的，与清醒时的想象不同。

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This chapter explores the causes and remedies for brain freeze, a common headache triggered by consuming extremely cold foods or drinks. The most accepted theory suggests that it's a protective mechanism where cold triggers increased blood flow to the brain, causing pressure and pain. Drinking warm water can help alleviate the pain.
  • Brain freeze is a protective mechanism.
  • Cold triggers increased blood flow to the brain's anterior cerebral artery.
  • Drinking warm water constricts the artery and reduces pain.

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Summer brings ice cream, popsicles and other frozen treats – all of which can cause painful brain freeze. Why does that happen, and can you stop it? Listen as I explain what brain freeze is and a really good remedy for it. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brain-freeze-why-does-ice-cream-give-you-headaches/)

To make changes in your thoughts, personality and behavior takes a lot of work over a long period of time. Well, maybe for some things. However, there are some quick and simple strategies to tackle some more common psychological problems. Here to explain many of them is Richard Wiseman. He is a professor of psychology and the autor of several books including, 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change A Lot (https://amzn.to/4jWvNh7))

You spend a lot of your time living in your imagination. Daydreaming, mind wandering, reminiscing, anticipating – all happen in your imagination and those things can take up to half of your day. Joining me to take a look into how your imagination works is Adam Zeman. He is Honorary Fellow, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and author of the book The Shape of Things Unseen: A New Science of Imagination (https://amzn.to/3Tfu3VH))

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