more complex mental reflex is a psychological button

Page 25 more complex mental reflex is a psychological button. The often intense reaction we may have to certain social encounters. Just as your knee jerks when your knee tendon is tapped a psychological button can be pushed when a triggering experience draws you back into some unhealed issues from your past

— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations) · Emotional by Leonard mlodinow

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