Experiential avoidance
Before an important appointment, a person notices a surge of anxiety. They cancel and feel relief. The relief is real, and cancellation may occasionally…
Research-led explanations of human capacity, learning and technological change. Start with the foundations, then follow the evidence and related ideas as the Learning Hub grows.
Before an important appointment, a person notices a surge of anxiety. They cancel and feel relief. The relief is real, and cancellation may occasionally…
Expressive suppression is the deliberate inhibition of visible or audible emotional expression after an emotional response has begun. It can reduce what others see without necessarily erasing what a person feels, and its costs or benefits depend heavily on context, culture, goal and measurement.
External intelligence and internal capacity describes the changing division of cognitive and practical work between people and the tools they use, asking when external support extends human capability, when it substitutes for practice, and what must remain available inside the person or institution.
How the nervous system samples the world outside the body, and why the boundary between external and internal sensing is more computationally complex than it first appears
What eye tracking records in attention research, from fixation detection to the limits of gaze as evidence.