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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on July 28, 2017, 11:45:26 am
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Third-person self-talk helps control emotion, says study
July 28, 2017
A study published online in a nature journal Scientific Reports suggests that talking in the third person to oneself in stressful times might help controlling emotions and it needs no additional mental effort than first person self-talk, which is normally used by people to talk to themselves.
The study which was done by the psychology researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Michigan is the first of its kind indicating comparatively effortless self-control method.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170728/Third-person-self-talk-helps-control-emotion-says-study.aspx