• Krampus

  

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  Re: Brain Research Help!

  Fri, March 21, 2008 - 8:08 AM

  I can't answer that but have you tried Google Scholar Search?

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• • Marjie

    

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    Sat, March 22, 2008 - 2:14 PM

    I have learned that it takes 21 days to break a habit. I believe that I learned that through the work of Gerald Epstein who is an MD with a school in NYC called Kabalah School of LIght, or something like that. He does work in using visual imagery to change the brain. I know he has a website. If you google Gerald Epstein or Jerry Epstein you may come up with more information about his work. He has written several books and it's possible that I learned that from one of them.

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• Diane

  

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  Sat, March 22, 2008 - 6:29 PM

  My swim coach and the trainer at the gym said 21 days to form a habit. Not exactly scholarly sources, and I suspect they just heard that from someone who heard it from someone who read a self-help book. I don't think there is any set amount of time for every habit... I think it depends on the habit and the cues and goals that form the habit. Here's a pretty good article:
  
  A New Look at Habits and the Habit–Goal Interface
  Wendy Wood and David T. Neal
  Duke University
  Psychological Review
  2007, Vol. 114, No. 4, 843–863
  content.apa.org/journals/rev/114/4/843

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