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THINKING, FAST & SLOW (DANIEL KAHNEMAN) - Listening books

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The System of Attention and Effort

In modern humans, System 1 takes over in emergencies and designs total priority to self-protective actions. As you become skilled in a task, it's demand for energy diminishes. Highly intelligent individuals need less effort to solve the same problems as indicated by both pupil size and brain activity. A general law of least effort applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion.

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