Our Brains Can (Unconsciously) Save Us from Temptation, University of Pennsylvania and University of Illinois Study

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Inhibitory self control -- not picking up a cigarette, not having a second drink, not spending when we should be saving -- can operate without our awareness or intention. That was the finding by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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