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> [“The second point is that the lives we lead are much more automated than we imagine—or like to concede—and that this is not always a good thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/the-second-point-is-that-the-lives-we-lead-are-much-more-automated/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

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## More by David DiSalvo

> [“The flip side of this reality is that our big brains, advanced as they are, come with an array of complex shortcomings and are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/the-flip-side-of-this-reality-is-that-our-big-brains-advanced-as-they/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“Participants who anticipated more rapid feedback scored the highest on the test.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/participants-who-anticipated-more-rapid-feedback-scored-the-highest/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“The best way to think of how our brains frame information is to imagine a picture frame, except unlike a normal frame, this one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/the-best-way-to-think-of-how-our-brains-frame-information-is-to/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“the amPFC and PCC were shown to play a large role in self-referential thinking and autobiographical memory (essentially, the “me” part of your brain).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/the-ampfc-and-pcc-were-shown-to-play-a-large-role-in-self-referential/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“those who ask themselves whether they will perform a task generally do better than those who tell themselves that they will.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/those-who-ask-themselves-whether-they-will-perform-a-task-generally/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“words, for our brains, reality equals relevance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/words-for-our-brains-reality-equals-relevance/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“In German, bridge (die brucke) is a feminine noun; in Spanish, bridge (el puente) is a masculine noun. Boroditsky found that when asked to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/in-german-bridge-die-brucke-is-a-feminine-noun-in-spanish-bridge-el/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“selective attention,” also called “selectivity bias”—the tendency to orient oneself toward and process information from only one part of our environment to the exclusion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/selective-attention-also-called-selectivity-bias-the-tendency-to/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“great deal of “green” marketing is predicated on the assumption that people will buy a green product to make themselves feel better about moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/great-deal-of-green-marketing-is-predicated-on-the-assumption-that/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“appears that our first instinct is for idleness, but when given an excuse to be busy (even a meaningless one), we're liable to act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/appears-that-our-first-instinct-is-for-idleness-but-when-given-an/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“The reason that persuasive messages are short, pithy, and digestible in seconds is that we process them so quickly that they become familiar without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/the-reason-that-persuasive-messages-are-short-pithy-and-digestible-in/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“schema (singular form of schemata) is like a mental map of concepts that hangs together by association.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/schema-singular-form-of-schemata-is-like-a-mental-map-of-concepts/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“Specifically, a web of neurons—dubbed the “default network”—spanning three brain regions (the medial prefrontal cortex, the posterior cingulate cortex, and the parietal cortex) are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/specifically-a-web-of-neurons-dubbed-the-default-network-spanning/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“it's always on in the background but only takes first chair in our brains when we're not focused on anything in particular.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/it-s-always-on-in-the-background-but-only-takes-first-chair-in-our/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

> [“Our expectations for what we should be able to recall are hardly in line with what our brains are capable of processing—which, by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-disalvo/our-expectations-for-what-we-should-be-able-to-recall-are-hardly-in/)

[David DiSalvo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-disalvo/)

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