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From tripping and falling to ruminating and worrying: a meta-control account of repetitive negative thinking

P. F. Hitchcock and M. J. Frank

Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) may reflect failures in ‘meta-control’—the reinforcement-like computations that govern mental behavior. The authors outline four stages (open-ended thoughts; subgoal execution; switching; and learning adaptive mental behavior) and identify risk factors at each, showing how diverse processes yield excessive RNT and integrating clinical accounts within a computational cognitive neuroscience framework. This research was conducted by Peter F Hitchcock and Michael J Frank.... show more

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