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The Enchanted LoomTeasing sturdy threads from
neuroscience masterworks
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Teasing 10 threads fromTimothyWilson’s…
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Thread 1:
Humans possess a collection of brain modules that have evolved over time and operate outside of consciousness.(pg. 7)
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Thread 2:
We know less and exert less control over our own minds than we think we do.
(pg. 48)
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Thread 3:
We take in 11 million pieces of information per second, but process only 40 pieces consciously.
(pg. 24)
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Thread 4:
People whose brains can spot dangers and oppor- tunities fast- est are at a huge cultural advantage.
(pg. 35)
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Thread 5:
Personality researchers have uncovered five basic traits: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience.
(pg. 69)
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Thread 6:
We are often blind to the way unconscious processes influence our behavior.
(pg. 97)
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Thread 7:
The real action in the brain is mental processing that produces feelings, judgments and behaviors.
(pg. 105)
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Thread 8:
The Durability Bias tends to make us over- estimate how long feelings arising in response to future emotional events will last.(pg. 138)
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Thread 9:
Deliberate attempts at thought suppression is a losing proposition.
(pg. 178)
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Thread 10:
The so-called Fundamental Attribution Error over- looks situational influences on behavior in favor of internal drivers. (pg. 207)
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