how long does it take for you to learn…
Page 79 how long does it take for you to learn not to touch a hot stove? About a second I said, playing along. Actually, it's 100 ms. I paused, stunned. What are you saying Dr. Neuer? I asked wanting to hear it from his mouth. when you touch a hot stove, loud alarm goes off in your brain, immediately making you keenly aware of where you placed your hand. That loud alarm, as newer explained, is instrumental, and interrupting the subconscious thought pattern in the basal ganglia, a subconscious, automatic region of the brain, and bringing it to the conscious region of the brain, the cerebral cortex .
— from The Mind in the Cockpit · Adversity Quotient, Turning Obstacles into Opportunities by Paul G. Stoltz