Mental Control Laboratory

white bear


How do you
stop thinking of a white bear?


Department of Psychology
William James Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Director: Daniel M. Wegner

Graduate Researchers:

Jeff Ebert
Kurt Gray
Sadia Najmi

Postdoctoral Researchers:

Lab phone: 617-496-2595


To learn how people control their minds, our research explores:

Mind Perception--how people perceive minds, both their own and those of others

Mental Control--the strategies people use to influence their own thoughts, emotions, and actions

Apparent Mental Causation--the experience of consciously willing actions, thoughts, and events


Would you like to participate in mental control studies? Try the surveys below, or contact the Psychology Study Pool to participate at the lab in William James Hall.

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