Intro to Habit Formation
Did you know that 40-45% of your behaviors every day aren’t the result of decisions you’ve made? They’re habits. Habits are automatic behaviors you’ve engaged in so often you can do them automatically. Habits are when you’re acting on autopilot without conscious thought or direction. Habits are a kind of memory for behaviors the brain uses to conserve energy, because thinking burns lots of energy. This intro to habit formation summarizes the groundbreaking neuroscience research that has taken place with respect to habit formation from the 1990s to the present.
