Comments on: Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing About http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/12/ten-psychology-studies-2009-worth-knowing/ The official Derren Brown Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Andrew Reeve http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/12/ten-psychology-studies-2009-worth-knowing/#comment-49134 Andrew Reeve Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:46:30 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=8839#comment-49134 That's cool. I recognise some of those techniques in my life today...I probably wouldn't have been able to describe why I do them without watching this clip. Happy New Year! That’s cool. I recognise some of those techniques in my life today…I probably wouldn’t have been able to describe why I do them without watching this clip.

Happy New Year!

]]> By: jameshogg http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/12/ten-psychology-studies-2009-worth-knowing/#comment-49098 jameshogg Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:18:05 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=8839#comment-49098 Visualizing the steps as opposed to the end result definitely increases the plausibility of the goal and so makes the brain 'wake up' and think 'oh - I could actually do this!'. However - this would be all completely useless if you don't actually WANT the goal. I could visualize the steps to being a doctor, but being a doctor does not inspire me. It'd have been better if Richard mentioned this very basic idea, else people are going to wander around visualizing the steps and wondering why they aren't motivated: they are doing something because 'they think they should' as opposed to a heartfelt want and desire for the goal. Visualizing the steps as opposed to the end result definitely increases the plausibility of the goal and so makes the brain ‘wake up’ and think ‘oh – I could actually do this!’.

However – this would be all completely useless if you don’t actually WANT the goal. I could visualize the steps to being a doctor, but being a doctor does not inspire me. It’d have been better if Richard mentioned this very basic idea, else people are going to wander around visualizing the steps and wondering why they aren’t motivated: they are doing something because ‘they think they should’ as opposed to a heartfelt want and desire for the goal.

]]> By: LoL http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/12/ten-psychology-studies-2009-worth-knowing/#comment-49071 LoL Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:21:52 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=8839#comment-49071 who's listening to this? who’s listening to this?

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