Скачать или смотреть 441. Breaking Free From Emotional Habituation with Tali Sharot

Humans are creatures of habit. It’s even wired that way in our brains. But what impact does habituation have on personal happiness?

Tali Sharot is a professor of neuroscience at University College London and researches habituation, adaptation, and other cognitive biases. Her latest book, Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There co-authored with Cass Sunstein explores how habituation leads people to stop noticing both good and bad things they’re accustomed to and the benefits of breaking free from those habits.

Tali and Greg discuss why people are more likely to feel less excited about good things over time, how taking breaks from those habits can restore the good feelings, and optimism bias discrepancies in stressful environments.

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