We humans are designed to be on automatic pilot. It takes a lot of energy to run the frontal lobes — the seat of our executive functions that oversees reflection, insight, empathy, perspective ...

This automatic level of consciousness, or automatic pilot as we can call it, operates in much the same way as a computer that performs its functions without the operator being aware of the many ...

These automatic processes work very well indeed without the need for our consciousness to closely monitor them. Yes, we are aware of what we are doing—we know, for example, that we’re washing ...

Back on auto pilot Despite the recession, the development process has been pretty much business as usual. By Nellie Andreeva, The Associated Press March 5, 2009 6:05pm ...