“When we speak of thought, we are speaking of the currency of mind—the very stuff of the brain's relentless activity.” — David DiSalvo Psychology Copy Share Image
“We are instead an exceptionally social species wired for interdependence.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“intensity bias, which simply means that we are poor forecasters of our emotional reactions.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“The more focused we are on the message, the less likely we are to be influenced.” — David DiSalvo Focus Copy Share Image
“heuristics are simple, efficient rules—either hard-wired in our brains or learned—that kick in especially when we're facing problems with incomplete information.” — David DiSalvo Facing problems Copy Share Image
“The second point is that the lives we lead are much more automated than we imagine—or like to concede—and that this is… — David DiSalvo Good thing Copy Share Image
“other worker was also blinded, in his case by a well-rehearsed internal script in which he played the hero.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“social surrogacy hypothesis,” which holds that humans can use technologies, like television, to feel a sense of belonging that they're lacking in… — David DiSalvo Life Copy Share Image
“psychologists call embodied cognition—the hypothesis that bodily perceptions, like touch, strongly influence how we think.” — David DiSalvo Psychology Copy Share Image
“the brain's activity—and, indeed, the activity of our nervous system in total—is our mind.” — David DiSalvo Nervous system Copy Share Image
“They discovered that chimpanzees yawn more after watching familiar chimps yawn than after watching strangers yawn.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“brains are not static hunks of tissue but flexible and adaptive organs that change throughout our lives. The term used to describe… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“The second category is long-term memory—the place where everything “remembered” resides. Long-term memory is engaged in the short term (e.g., word memorization)… — David DiSalvo Childhood memories Copy Share Image
“Todd Essig: Brains don't want, any more than lungs sing or knees set long-jump records. Brains are part of what makes people… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“Neuroscience research is revealing that the state of not being certain is an extremely uncomfortable place for our brains to live: The… — David DiSalvo Doubt Copy Share Image
“we engage in something called episodic future thinking, which means that we simulate the future by using elements from the past.” — David DiSalvo Future thinking Copy Share Image
“Regret as a learning tool happens through something called counterfactual thinking—a dynamic with two razor-sharp edges.5 When we look back on a… — David DiSalvo Decision making Copy Share Image
“your brain is structured to make sense of stimuli and patterns in any environment you step into, and it's finding patterns in… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost.” —J. R. R. TOLKIEN, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE… — David DiSalvo Fellowship of the ring Copy Share Image
“When we do a moral act to offset an immoral one, we are engaged in “moral cleansing.” When we do nothing, or… — David DiSalvo Bank account Copy Share Image
“why we repeatedly convince ourselves that we've overcome impulsiveness and can stop avoiding our worst temptations.1 This particular tendency toward self-deception is… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“Research indicates that those who obsessively ruminate tend to dwell on negative thoughts and emotions. There is, in fact, a strong correlation… — David DiSalvo Depression Copy Share Image
“The truth for us all is that when we feel right about a decision or a belief—whether big or small—our brains are… — David DiSalvo Decision making Copy Share Image
