The Observable Unknown
Interlude XCI: Habit | Wendy Wood, Ann Graybiel, Basal Ganglia, Automatic Behavior, Context Cues & Behavior Change
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Why do we keep doing things we’ve already decided to stop?
Why can a behavior begin as a conscious choice and later seem to happen before conscious choice has even arrived?
Why does walking into an old room, opening a familiar application, sitting in a certain chair, or reaching a particular time of day sometimes seem to awaken an older version of ourselves?
And why can changing the…