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Thread 1:

Humans possess a collection of brain modules that have evolved over time and operate outside of consciousness.(pg. 7)

Thread 2:

We know less and exert less control over our own minds than we think we do.

(pg. 48)

Thread 3:

We take in 11 million pieces of information per second, but process only 40 pieces consciously.

(pg. 24)

Thread 4:

People whose brains can spot dangers and oppor- tunities fast- est are at a huge cultural advantage.

(pg. 35)

Thread 5:

Personality researchers have uncovered five basic traits: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience.

(pg. 69)

Thread 6:

We are often blind to the way unconscious processes influence our behavior.

(pg. 97)

Thread 7:

The real action in the brain is mental processing that produces feelings, judgments and behaviors.

(pg. 105)

Thread 8:

The Durability Bias tends to make us over- estimate how long feelings arising in response to future emotional events will last.(pg. 138)

Thread 9:

Deliberate attempts at thought suppression is a losing proposition.

(pg. 178)

Thread 10:

The so-called Fundamental Attribution Error over- looks situational influences on behavior in favor of internal drivers. (pg. 207)

Image Credits:

Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 3 - http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140313/srep04312/fig_tab/srep04312_F1.html

Slide 12 - http://bit.ly/1JvOxyq

Slide 2 - http://avillage.web.virginia.edu/Psych/Faculty/Profile/Timothy-D-Wilson

Slide 6 - http://bit.ly/1H3Mmnf

Slide 5 - http://bit.ly/1JS5LrS

Slide 11 - http://bit.ly/1GE8iiV

Slide 10 - http://friendshelpingothers.org/blog/?p=112

Slide 14 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 9 - http://www.comicvine.com/forums/battles-7/the-crow-vs-edward-scissorhands-676123/

Slide 8 - http://www.dominicanajournal.org/face-blindness/

Slide 7 - http://bit.ly/1HxdsEf

Slide 4 - http://creepbay.com/i-didnt-do-it-alien-mind-control-half-mask/

Mark Brady, PhDTheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com

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