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The imagistic minds in “Visual Thinking” can seem glamorous compared with the verbal ones depicted in “[Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It](https://www.amazon.com/Chatter-Voice-Head-Matters-Harness/dp/0525575235/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1673282355&sr=1-1),” by Ethan Kross, a psychologist and neuroscientist who teaches at the University of Michigan. Kross is interested in what’s known as the phonological loop—a neural system, consisting of an “inner ear” and an “inner voice,” that serves as a “clearinghouse for everything related to words that occurs around us in the present.” If Grandin’s visual thinkers are attending Cirque du Soleil, then Kross’s verbal thinkers are stuck at an Off Broadway one-man show. It’s just one long monologue.
How Should We Think About Our Different Styles of Thinking? | The New Yorker
Joshua Rothman
Rather than focusing only on what the news should do for its readers, the Politics journalists also took account of what the news needed to do for them so that they could carry on in this line of work. Journalists, like other working people, wanted a job that was not only meaningful but also manageable in its demands and reasonable in its remuneration. If some journalistic infractions were inconsequential for news readers but made the job more sustainable, the trade-off was, in this perspective, a good one.
The Currency of Truth
Emily H. C. Chua
*Unhealthy guilt* is a form of punishment and self-attack. It can arise when you’ve broken __a rule that’s rigid, extreme or not in alignment with what you really value__. It can also arise when you’ve broken a rule you do value but, instead of motivating positive change, the guilt becomes excessive and toxic. When we feel unhealthy guilt, we often overestimate how much others are annoyed or hurt by our actions, thereby artificially magnifying our transgressions. We then use this distorted data to conclude that we’ve done something wrong and must be punished for our sins. We think that if we punish ourselves enough, and suffer sufficiently for our badness, then we’ll atone for our transgression. But this approach to improving our relationships or personal actions doesn’t positively influence behaviour, and is rooted in fear.
How to Save Yourself Another Pointless Guilt Trip | Psyche Guides
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