In this interview, Dr. Ochsner covers several topics. He contrasts habits with thoughtful, mindful action. He explains that the latter is associated with the prefrontal cortex. He says habits are like a dog and you have to keep training to teach new tricks. Feedback, to be effective, should be immediate, specific, and positive (not elicit the fear response). Click now to listen to the rest of what Kevin has to tell us about routinized habits, thoughtful behavior, and methods for change.
From the TotalPicture Radio Web site:
Today, we discuss his brain research on how automatic and controlled processes interact in producing emotion and emotion regulation, self-knowledge, feelings of social exclusion, attributions about other individuals, placebo effects and automatic behavior and how we can use this information in leadership development. Kevin's presentation at the NeuroLeadership Summit focused on the steps we need to take to change behavior, and why negative feedback triggers counterproductive results.
In the interview, Ochsner describes the five methods of emotion regulation developed by Stanford's James Gross, which I have blogged about here in the past: Regulating in-the-way emotions in conflict resolution.
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