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A Creature of Habit

Hidden Brain

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How Much Will Power Is Central?

Researchers have looked at this question and asked, how much will power is central a you cite the work of the late great psychologist, daniel wegner. Im so it this tells us something about what it's like to try to repress or control our desires. Yes, we can do it in the short run, but ultimately it backfires. Those ideas get a life of their own, and they start to to obsess us....

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