Sublime

You can even see the difference in people’s brain waves.

These techniques are part of a course developed by two of the world’s leading cognitive therapists—Dr. Steven Hollon, professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University and editor of the major journal in the field, and Dr. Arthur Freeman, professor of psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—along with myself, to change ex

Jeopardy supplies you with the willpower to control addictive and impulsive behavior. We have much less control over ourselves than we’d like to think. Whether it’s what we eat, what we buy, or how we react to other people, etc., we can’t resist the pull of immediate gratification. We resolve repeatedly to change our behavior, but impulses always w

My work is part of a tradition in psychology that shows the power of people’s beliefs. These may be beliefs we’re aware of or unaware of, but they strongly affect what we want and whether we succeed in getting it. This tradition also shows how changing people’s beliefs—even the simplest beliefs—can have profound effects.

Detecting Mental Availability effects