{"id":760,"date":"2026-07-25T07:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/four-types-of-thinker-have-been-identified-which-one-are-you-consciousness-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:08:55","slug":"four-types-of-thinker-have-been-identified-which-one-are-you-consciousness-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/four-types-of-thinker-have-been-identified-which-one-are-you-consciousness-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Four types of thinker have been identified. Which one are you? | Consciousness | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sensory information, including feeling tired and sleepy, and mental impressions, accounted for nearly a fifth of all thoughts. Next came work at 17% and food at 14%. About 10% of thoughts centred on hobbies, games, play and art, with a similar amount focused on relationships.<\/p>\n
When thoughts centred on what people wanted, nearly half involved food or drink, especially coffee. This chimed with thoughts that mentioned needs, with 29% seeking relaxation, and naps and sleep in particular.<\/p>\n
The mind was rarely blank, the study found, with only a fraction of a per cent of responses claiming no thoughts at all. However, even fewer thoughts appeared to be about sex, leading the researchers to suspect reticence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
<\/head>Part of the study tested an assertion by the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius, who said: \u201cThe happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.\u201d The researchers found that what people were thinking was more predictive of their happiness than anything else they looked at. \u201cMaybe Marcus Aurelius was on to something,\u201d they said.<\/span><\/p>\n
Worriers thought about world events, politics and social issues about 60% more than average, their minds occupied with concerns over wars, the Covid pandemic when it was raging, and other major events. They thought about their safety and health about 50% more than average.<\/span><\/p>\n
domestics devote about 50% more thoughts than average to chores, the home, finances, but also stories through movies, books and TV. The words that often described their thoughts were highly variable, however, including solve, process, debate and document.<\/span><\/p>\n
No other group thinks more about their senses, feelings and mental impressions of themselves and the world than this one. As a group, bodily thinkers are the youngest, with an average age of 32, and nearly two-thirds are women. They have the highest rate of unwanted, intrusive thoughts, at 28%. Words that appear frequently in their thoughts are therapist, ache and overwhelm.<\/span><\/p>\n
Work-hard, play-hard minds are largely split between work and leisure, thinking about the job 50% more than average, while still thinking about hobbies, games and art about 25% more. The group has the highest income and happiness scores of all the groups and has slightly more males than females. Key words used to describe their thoughts include relaxation, presentation, flight, nail, project and gym.<\/span><\/p>\n
\u2014 Read on www.theguardian.com\/science\/2026\/jul\/25\/four-types-of-thinker-which-one-are-you<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sensory information, including feeling tired and sleepy, and mental impressions, accounted for nearly a fifth of all thoughts. Next came work at 17% and food at 14%. About 10% of thoughts centred on hobbies, games, play and art, with a similar amount focused on relationships. When thoughts centred on what people wanted, nearly half involved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-consciousness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}