Editing consciousness: How bereaved people control their thoughts without knowing it
Monday, December 10, 2018 - 14:50
in Health & Medicine
A new study shows that avoidant grievers unconsciously monitor and block the contents of their mind-wandering, a discovery that could lead to more effective psychiatric treatment for bereaved people. The researchers, who studied 29 bereaved subjects, are the first to show how this unconscious thought suppression occurs.