helpful

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helpful unhelpful visualisation
a series of research studies from UCLA have
highlighted
in moving oneself from a current situation
toward an envisioned future one, the anticipation
manage-ment of emotions and the initiation and
maintenance of problem-solving are fundamental
tasks

• imagining studying vs achieving vs control in 6
  days before exams
• imagining working vs achieving vs control for
  planning fallacy
• remembering sequence of a current
  problem vs imagin- ing relief satisfaction
  of resolution vs control group

Taylor SE, Pham LB, Rivkin ID, Armor DA
Harnessing the imagination mental simulation,
self-regulation, and coping American
Psychologist 199853429-39
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effects on exam results

• over the six days till the exam, process
  imagining students worked 38 more hours than
  controls
• process imagining students on average got 12
  higher marks than controls
• process students worked 1.7x more extra hours
  than outcome students, but achieved 3x more extra
  marks they worked both harder and more
  effectively