“We as individuals may tend to be more deliberate or more intuitive in our thinking style, but we're all a mix of… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“A happy brain is happy to copy, and doing so is largely an automatic, as opposed to voluntary, response.” — David DiSalvo Happiness Copy Share Image
“Explicit memory (also called declarative memory) principally holds words, numbers, and events. Or, to use the parlance of neurobiology, it is memory… — David DiSalvo Memory Copy Share Image
“be empathetic, but we should be careful about being too empathetic too quickly.” — David DiSalvo Compassion Copy Share Image
“Dieters relapse, smokers relapse, anyone with anything approaching a compulsion relapses—usually more than once. This study suggests that part of this repetition… — David DiSalvo Education Copy Share Image
“even a small amount of ambiguity triggers increased activity in the amygdalae—two deep brain structures that play a major role in our… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“anterior medial prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortices (amPFC, PCC)—while” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“Whenever we are presented with a commitment that is a long way off, our normal tendency is to downplay the commitment—particularly if… — David DiSalvo Long way Copy Share Image
“homeostasis—defined by renowned physiologist Walter Bradford Cannon as “the property of a system that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“the fact that mind wandering often includes replaying stressful situations probably has a lot to do with it.” — David DiSalvo Psychology Copy Share Image
“our brains are happy to fill in the blanks with causal relationships that don't really exist.” — David DiSalvo Fill in the blank Copy Share Image
“For certainly, at the level of social life, what is called the adjustment of man to his environment takes place through the… — David DiSalvo Life Copy Share Image
“to tell a friend that he is acting recklessly—and know we are risking the friendship—or just try to support him through a… — David DiSalvo Friendship Copy Share Image
“when you really want something but are prevented from getting it, you want it all the more.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“embodied cognition—the hypothesis that bodily perceptions, like touch, strongly influence how we think.” — David DiSalvo Psychology Copy Share Image
“When combined, the challenge to gain future perspective and the desire for immediate rewards sets us up for a range of problems.… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“Newness” has a sort of mystical draw, even though it's incredibly short-lived and rarely meets expectations” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“it appears that anxietylaced sweat influences riskier behavior than normal sweat.” — David DiSalvo Habits Copy Share Image
“normative influence (SNI)—versus individuals who are not as easily influenced by others’ opinions (low SNI).” — David DiSalvo Easily influenced Copy Share Image
“once we invest trust in a particular source of knowledge, we're less likely to scrutinize information from that source in the future.” — David DiSalvo Time Copy Share Image
“neuroscience research—has been providing evidence that “independent thought” is certainly not absolute, and possibly a figment of our egos’ making.” — David DiSalvo Independent thought Copy Share Image
“After writing about their favorite TV shows, participants verbally expressed fewer feelings of loneliness and exclusion than when describing the filler TV… — David DiSalvo Academic achievement Copy Share Image
“Since the early days of studying propaganda used during World War II, psychology research has demonstrated that the more a message is… — David DiSalvo Psychology Copy Share Image
“activated when recalling a personal memory—the posterior cingulate gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, and left occipital lobe—are also active when thinking about a future… — David DiSalvo Memory Copy Share Image
“Since our brains are adept at finding and drawing conclusions from patterns, it's not surprising that coincidences captivate our attention.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
