![]() ![]() And, of course, our thoughts influence what we do. The subconscious mind controls a lot of what we think and the connections we make. “An inexplicable but plainly measurable burst of activity occurs in your brain prior to your conscious desire to act.” ![]() your brain then signals the hands to stop turning pages, focuses the eyes on the paragraph, and so on.”īut this isn’t what happens at all. that decision triggers your brain into action 3. “The internal sequence,” Restak writes, “was always thought to be: 1. You might then go back to the beginning and start reading, or you might start reading wherever it was in the article when you decided to stop skimming. ![]() You scan the title and a few sentences here and there and eventually make a decision to stop reading or read on. ![]() Restak gives the example of reading this essay. Yet research suggests this sense of freedom may be merely an illusory by-product of the way the human brain operates. In Richard Restak’s The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own:Īt the moment of decision we all feel we are acting freely, selecting at will from an infinity of choices. We believe that our conscious mind directs our thoughts and somehow controls our subconscious mind. ![]()
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