(2/…) The best theory on cognition that we have is #RFT ( #RelationalFrameTheory ). There are three parts of the theory that matter to us here:

1. RFT shows us that the more you engage with particular thought networks, the more you feed them. In other words, someone who internalizes GTD could be at risk of becoming psychologically inflexible if they develop the GTD habits of Capturing, Clarifying, and Organizing their thoughts…

Sunday evening diving deep into books for fun. Learning more about basics and history of #RelationalFrameTheory (RFT). Exciting stuff! 🀩

Already looking forward to craft my new talk for tech conferences around this. πŸ€“

#psychology #language #behaviour #mentalHealth

Is the statement "A is bigger than B" more closely related to "A comes before B" than to "A contains B"?

If so, if I train you to be really good at answering "bigger than" questions, will you get better at "comes before" questions more than "contains" questions?

In this paper just accepted at the Journal of Contextual Behavior Science, we attempted to find this out.

Of special interest to those doing #RelationalFrameTheory and #RelationalReasoning research:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365655597_On_the_structure_of_relational_responding