![The harder we try not to say or do or think something, the more likely we are to slip — and often at the worst possible time.](http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2009/07/handovermouth-670x357-custom.jpg)
Using ingenious experiments to reveal the brain’s hidden machinations, Wegner and others have found that our brains expend steady, conscious effort to avoid talking about ex-girlfriends on first dates, sending putts off the green, or letting slip the real reason you were late for work.
But when our conscious minds are stressed and preoccupied — by, for example, a desire not to screw up — a subconscious process devoted to guarding against the mistake slips through. Unwanted thoughts pop into the forefront of your mind.
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Via: Wired
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