Love on Autopilot

  Do you use your car to go to work? If so, try to answer the following question… How was your ride home yesterday? Most likely you won’t remember. You won’t be able to say exactly how many times you changed lanes or how many traffic lights had to stop at. That’s because, like many other activities, you drive on mental autopilot. Your brain makes your life easier. It does so by automating routine behaviors. Therefore, you save energy, both physical and mental. After all, the most important thing for this sophisticated, but at the same time, fundamental organ, is…