Thinking, Fast and SlowMajor New York Times bestseller |
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... automatic pilot. The control of attention is shared by the two systems. Orienting to a loud sound is normally an involuntary operation of System 1, which immediately mobilizes the voluntary attention of System 2. You may be able to ...
... automatic functions of attention and memory. When waiting for a relative at a busy train station, for example, you can set yourself at will to look for a white-haired woman or a bearded man, and thereby increase the likelihood of ...
... automatic functions of System 1, but they depend on the allocation of some attention to the relevant stimulus. The ... automatically and System 2 is normally in a comfortable low-effort mode, in which only a fraction of its capacity is ...
... automatic response that interfered with it. Conflict between an automatic reaction and an intention to control it is common in our lives. We are all familiar with the experience oftrying not to stare at the oddly dressed couple at the ...
... automatically and cannot be turned off at will, errors of intuitive thought are often difficult to prevent. Biases cannot always be avoided, because System 2 may have no clue to the error. Even when cues to likely errors are available ...