When we consider automatic behaviors, digestion, blood circulation, and breathing are often mentioned. But what about making a grilled cheese sandwich or shaving? Are they in any way automatic? Yes, ...

"When we look at living creatures from an outward point of view, one of the first things that strike us is that they are bundles of habits. The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over ...

Learning something new is all about memory and how you use it. At first, your prefrontal cortex, which stores your working (or short-term) memory, is really busy figuring out how it’s done. That’s the ...

Recently, I've become preoccupied with the website If This, Then That (ifttt.com, supposedly pronounced "ifttt"), which is either a remarkably handy new tool or a portent of the end of humanity. The ...

Discover how to overcome "unconscious incompetence" and turn failure into a compass. Learn why "knowing what you don't know" ...

Experts are dubbing ‘automaticity’ the key to keeping up an exercise routine — here’s what that means. Now, researchers have found what makes these people so motivated for movement – and they’ve ...