Values Trump Habits - Deepstash

Values Trump Habits

In the experimental situation, the action with the highest subjective value is most likely to be selected, even though other actions have been trained extensively, conclude the study’s authors.

This means that a person’s values compete with ingrained habits—a competition the habit often loses if another action is more important. This insight is also worth bringing into the discussion about attention economy.

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New research suggests our brains prioritize actions based on rewards, not habits, challenging the idea that tech simply “steals” attention.

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