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“Some functions are nonetheless lateralized, in other words, lodged in one of the two hemispheres, but most are bilateral and therefore present in both hemispheres. It is for this reason that, with human beings as it is with monkeys, callosotomy doesn’t really affect brain function. Language is one of those aforementioned lateralized brain functions and is often located in the left hemisphere (there are “righties” and “lefties” when it comes to language lateralization in the brain).”
― Albert Moukheiber, Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You: How the Brain Shapes Opinions and Perceptions

“Influencing someone’s choice without them being aware of it (but without causing them harm) can therefore be in the common good. This method is called a nudge, and in this context, is a psychological prompting that gently influences human behaviour, supposedly for our own benefit.”
― Albert Moukheiber, Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You: How the Brain Shapes Opinions and Perceptions

“the less people act, because they don’t feel as responsible than if they had been alone and that everything depended on them. This mechanism is called the bystander effect: I think that someone else will act, but that someone else will think the same, so in the end nobody acts. In”
― Albert Moukheiber, Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You: How the Brain Shapes Opinions and Perceptions

“Stress is therefore an essential function for all vertebrates because it privileges survival: if you’re in danger of death, it’s useless to invest energy into digestion or libido, or in combatting a virus.”
― Albert Moukheiber, Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You: How the Brain Shapes Opinions and Perceptions