HABITUAL – STUDIES SHOW

Did you know we spend more than 40 percent of our precious waking hours engaged in habitual actions?

“Habits are sequences of behavior that are learned to the point where they become automatic. Many everyday motor actions become habitual through repetition, but we also develop habits of thought and emotion.” 

“The brain seems to be wired to seek some near optimality of cost and benefit.”

REFERENCES

‘Habits—A Repeat Performance’ by David T. Neal, Wendy Wood, and Jeffrey M. Quinn at Duke University

MIT; Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences specialist Ann Graybiel