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Polar Bear Thought Suppression

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Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote, “Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.” He was right. Daniel Wegner and colleagues instructed research participants not to think of a white bear. They often failed, and on subsequent tasks, thoughts of the bear repeatedly intruded and interrupted them.
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