You’re Not Making Your Own Decisions Even if You Think You Are

How Your Everyday Tasks Are Priming Your Mindset

Imagine you’re walking down a path when suddenly someone approaches you and hands you a warm drink to hold and asks you to assess their personality traits (weird, I know, but stick with me). Chances are you would use “warmer” personality descriptors than someone who had held an iced drink.

While this may seem skeptical, it’s a real research study conducted at Yale which ultimately suggests individuals tend to perceive…