Think about what you did this morning. You woke up, brushed your teeth, made coffee, maybe scrolled your phone, maybe drove the same route to work that you do every day. How many of those things did you actually think about? According to new research, probably none. Scientists say nearly nine out of every ten daily actions happen on autopilot, with our brains running the show long before conscious thought gets involved.

The study, published in Psychology & Health, tracked 105 people for a week. Participants were pinged six times a day and had to report what they were doing, along with how deliberate or automatic it felt.

Across more than 3,700 reports, researchers found that 88 percent of behaviors were carried out automatically, while about two-thirds were triggered by habit rather than

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