The Neuroscience of Being Human
The Neuroscience of Habit Formation
How the basal ganglia automate behaviour, why the twenties are the optimal decade for building habits that last, and what the neuroscience reveals about the gap between intention and action
1,274-word article with 8 Harvard references.
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A habit is not a decision you make every day. It is a decision you made once that your brain automated, transferring it from the effortful prefrontal system to the automatic basal ganglia system so that it no longer requires conscious deliberation. This fully referenced article explores the neuroscience of habit formation, examines why the twenties represent a uniquely important window for establishing the habits that will define adult life, and argues that understanding the neural mechanism of habit is the difference between designing your behaviour and being designed by it.
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