Flood sensory channels deliberately to starve rumination…

Why This Is a Principle

Grounds to Dual Coding Theory: Verbal and Visual Channels (dual coding via verbal and nonverbal channels), Attention as Gate to Conscious Perception (attention is capacity-limited), Task-switching generates attention residue that persists… (task-switching generates residue), and Attention is a finite cognitive resource that must… (attention is finite and must be allocated). The principle is that directing attention to sensory experience reduces the bandwidth available for rumination because both compete for the same cognitive resources. This is a resource-allocation strategy.