Human beings think, decide and act every day. We solve problems, make choices, remember events and form opinions. Yet despite using our minds constantly, most of us have little understanding of how many of these mental processes actually work. This idea is captured in a thought-provoking quote by Wilhelm Wundt, often known as the father of experimental psychology: “Our mind is so fortunately equipped that it brings us the most important bases of our thoughts without the least knowledge of how this elaboration is carried out.”
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