Daily Brain Food. Thoughts of the day Young children often do what is described by psychologists as 'magical thinking'. Magical thinking is the belief that one's own thoughts, wishes, or desires can influence the external world. Our expectations, of others, ourselves, are bound to fail us because they are hinged on a big, impossible ideal that is embedded within us. They remain an inherent part of ourselves, possibly one we buried deep inside a long time ago.
Brain Food Daily: On magical thinking
Brain Food Daily: On magical thinking
Brain Food Daily: On magical thinking
Daily Brain Food. Thoughts of the day Young children often do what is described by psychologists as 'magical thinking'. Magical thinking is the belief that one's own thoughts, wishes, or desires can influence the external world. Our expectations, of others, ourselves, are bound to fail us because they are hinged on a big, impossible ideal that is embedded within us. They remain an inherent part of ourselves, possibly one we buried deep inside a long time ago.