![]() So, it makes sense why these realisations seem to just appear from nowhere, not as a result of conscious thinking and the weighting of the pros and the cons. Research finds enhanced brain activity 8 seconds before we realise we have found a solution (Sheth, Sandkühler & Bhattacharya, 2008) and concludes that not thinking too hard and being in a positive mood actually facilitates these moments of realisation (Danek et al, 2014). Needless to say, I never stopped.Īn “aha” moment may appear as a superstition, wishful thinking or almost a mystical experience, but it is a phenomenon well known to the science. Yet even through the pessimist or pragmatist in me was doubtful, from this moment on, I trusted my insight and oriented my work and study in the direction of positive psychology. At the time, this approach was a really radical idea, you could not imagine having “positive psychologist” as a job title at the time, it simply didn’t exist. The idea that you could focus on people who were ‘normal’, and try to map out what was involved in optimal functioning, was intriguing, exciting and life changing. Nothing before had grabbed my attention in the same way. Finally, there was a branch of psychology dealing with topics that felt real to me. It was rather like an instant recognition – it just ‘clicked’. I can’t say it was a thought-through decision, as I had never heard the term before. One of them suggested Positive Psychology. Wondering what the main theme for the conference should be, I threw the question open to my colleagues. Aha-moment definition (idiomatic) The moment or instance at which the solution to a problem or other significant realization becomes clear. I was still an undergraduate and was trying to organise a conference for fellow students. My first encounter with Positive Psychology goes back to 1999. Behold the proverbial aha moment a key phenomenon that emerges in a range of situations, from offering a solution to a problem or a new interpretation of a situation to more simple feats such as understanding a joke or solving a crossword puzzle. This brought me to think about my own “aha” moments. In this book, he shares some of the “aha” moments of his life, the instants of insight and realisation, like a famous Nikki story – the conversation with his 5 years old daughter that was responsible for the creation of the field of positive psychology in 1998. It is a bit of a biography, taking up through the ups and downs of this great man, on the journey of his doubts and extraordinary achievements. It’s a subconscious process where the brain combines new knowledge with previous experience, information that so far was not really linked in the. I am reading through the “Hope Circuit”, the latest book by Martin Seligman. What is an AHA moment from the perspective of psychology Well, a famous psychologist, William James, made a definition for affirmance, he says it’s when a new combination happens in the brain.
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