When I first received the book, I was unsure about reading and enjoying it. However, as I ventured my way through it, I realized how interesting it really is. All the different experiments and studies were intriguing but the results were even more incredible. The way the mind works is truly unimaginable. The chapter that stands out the most to me, is chapter two: The Locked Door: The Secret Life of Snap Decisions. There was one study that truly caught my attention. A psychologist gave a list of nonsense sentences including words such as: old, wrinkles, Florida, slow, etc. Once the people being tested came out of the room, they walked slower down the hallway than when they walked into the room. This is because the feeling of being old was implemented into their adaptive unconscious. There was another study that amazed me. Two groups of students took a test. The first group was told to visualize playing soccer and having fun. The other group was told to visualize being a professor. The group that visualized being a professor did considerably better on the test because of the way their mind was trained before the exam. All these test show the reader that the mind is a powerful thing.
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