January 14, 2024 • 21 mins
The human brain is a prediction machine. It is continuously taking in your surroundings and analyzing the information it comes across.
Whenever you experience something repeatedly your brain begins noticing what is important, sorting through the details and highlighting the relevant cues, and cataloguing that information for future use.
With enough practice, you can pick up on the cues that predict certain outcomes without consciously thinking about it. Automatically, your brain encodes the lessons learned through experience.
It gives us a way of observing the cues that creates our habits that help us change our behaviours...
Whenever you experience something repeatedly your brain begins noticing what is important, sorting through the details and highlighting the relevant cues, and cataloguing that information for future use.
With enough practice, you can pick up on the cues that predict certain outcomes without consciously thinking about it. Automatically, your brain encodes the lessons learned through experience.
It gives us a way of observing the cues that creates our habits that help us change our behaviours...
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