Imbalance of reason and emotion may explain the tenacity of religion in societies: world religions are optimized to tap into the emotional networks, and great arguments of reason amount to little against such magnetic pull.

Once you begin deliberating about where your fingers are jumping on the piano keyboard, you can no longer pull off the piece.

Everybody knows the power of deadlines - and we all hate them. But their effectiveness is undeniable.

Behavior is the outcome of the battle among internal systems.

All activity in the brain is driven by other activity in the brain, in a vastly complex, interconnected network.

The continuous networks of neural circuitry accomplish their functions using multiple, independently discovered strategies. The brain lends itself well to the complexity of the world, but poorly to clear-cut cartography.

Even though the outside world has not changed, your brain dynamically presents different interpretations.