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Distanced self-talk increases rational self-interest.
Gainsburg I, Sowden WJ, Drake B, Herold W, Kross E. Gainsburg I, et al. Among authors: kross e. Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 11;12(1):511. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04010-3. Sci Rep. 2022. PMID: 35017562 Free PMC article.
Yet, extant research reveals a puzzle: some studies suggest that adopting a distanced perspective will produce more rationally self-interested behavior, whereas others suggest that it will produce more impartial behavior. Here we adjudicate between these perspectives by te …
Yet, extant research reveals a puzzle: some studies suggest that adopting a distanced perspective will produce more rationally self-i …
Third-Person Self-Talk Reduces Ebola Worry and Risk Perception by Enhancing Rational Thinking.
Kross E, Vickers BD, Orvell A, Gainsburg I, Moran TP, Boyer M, Jonides J, Moser J, Ayduk O. Kross E, et al. Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2017 Nov;9(3):387-409. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12103. Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2017. PMID: 29171194 Free article.
METHOD: We addressed these issues by examining whether third-person self-talk, a simple technique that promotes emotion regulation, could nudge people into reasoning about Ebola more rationally. In all, 1,257 people from across the United States were asked to write …
METHOD: We addressed these issues by examining whether third-person self-talk, a simple technique that promotes emotion regula …
An event-related potential investigation of distanced self-talk: Replication and comparison to detached reappraisal.
Webster CT, Berg MK, Kross E, Moser JS. Webster CT, et al. Among authors: kross e. Int J Psychophysiol. 2022 Jul;177:122-132. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.05.003. Epub 2022 May 11. Int J Psychophysiol. 2022. PMID: 35568270 Clinical Trial.
Here, we report the first direct replication of this work and extend it by examining how distanced self-talk compares to detached reappraisal, one of the most frequently studied regulatory techniques. ...These results further bolster support for distanced self …
Here, we report the first direct replication of this work and extend it by examining how distanced self-talk compares to detac …
Self-talk as a regulatory mechanism: how you do it matters.
Kross E, Bruehlman-Senecal E, Park J, Burson A, Dougherty A, Shablack H, Bremner R, Moser J, Ayduk O. Kross E, et al. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2014 Feb;106(2):304-24. doi: 10.1037/a0035173. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2014. PMID: 24467424 Clinical Trial.
They demonstrated that using non-first-person pronouns and one's own name (rather than first-person pronouns) during introspection enhances self-distancing. Studies 2 and 3 examined the implications of these different types of self-talk for regulating stress …
They demonstrated that using non-first-person pronouns and one's own name (rather than first-person pronouns) during introspection enhances …
Third-person self-talk facilitates emotion regulation without engaging cognitive control: Converging evidence from ERP and fMRI.
Moser JS, Dougherty A, Mattson WI, Katz B, Moran TP, Guevarra D, Shablack H, Ayduk O, Jonides J, Berman MG, Kross E. Moser JS, et al. Among authors: kross e. Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 3;7(1):4519. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04047-3. Sci Rep. 2017. PMID: 28674404 Free PMC article.
Does silently talking to yourself in the third-person constitute a relatively effortless form of self control? We hypothesized that it does under the premise that third-person self-talk leads people to think about the self similar to how they think abo …
Does silently talking to yourself in the third-person constitute a relatively effortless form of self control? We hypothesized that i …