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RST also contends that positive distraction is the healthy alternative to rumination, where focus is directed to positive stimuli instead of to distress. [12] However, the literature suggests that positive distraction may not be as potent a tool as once thought. [11] [1]
When used with cognitive behavioral therapy, it can act as a distraction, preventing an individual from focusing on their negative thought. Patients can replace a problematic thought with a positive one in order to reduce anxiety and worry. [2] The procedure uses learning principles, such as counterconditioning and punishment. [3]
Humour, an example of cognitive change, has been shown to be an effective emotion regulation strategy. Specifically, positive, good-natured humour has been shown to effectively up-regulate positive emotion and down-regulate negative emotion. On the other hand, negative, mean-spirited humour is less effective in this regard. [47]
Listening to music in a mood-incongruent state, such as someone sad listening to happy music, allows for possible mood attenuation through distraction, and enforces positive thoughts for the individual such as feelings of happiness, encouragement, a sense of hope, a change in perception, etc. In mood attenuation through distraction people are ...
Many try to avoid boredom, but it serves a purpose. A cognitive neuroscientist explains why people get bored and how to turn boredom into a motivational jump start.
Positive mood has also been proven to show negative effects on cognition as well. According to the article "Positive mood is associated with implicit use of distraction", "There is also evidence that individuals in positive moods show disrupted performance, at least when distracting information is present". [8]
Research indicates that evaluation apprehension is a primary determinant of individual differences in the ability to make positive self-evaluations among Western and Eastern cultures. [5] Western cultures tend to be more individualistic in nature and therefore the people of those cultures have an easier time making public, positive self ...
A daily walking habit is good for your mind and body. A new study looking at the effect walking has on back pain adds to the list of health benefits.