"[[Ivan Pavlov]] famously showed that dogs could learn to associate dinner with the ringing of a bell until they would salivate when they heard the bell, even before dinner showed up. **When we pay attention to the spark of anxiety, we can glimpse how we’ve learned to react automatically to specific kinds of information**. Sometimes, we’ve learned something that stands up to reflection, like associating gunshots with danger. Other times, we’ve become conditioned to a belief that doesn’t stand up to reflection. We can’t know which is which until we look at them." (~[Location 521](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081J97HLQ&location=521)~) -- [[202308181107 — AtN — Staying calm within disagreements can be a superpower]] and [[202308170954 — AtN — Productive disagreement can be a superpower]] *** **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[teaching-anecdotes]], [[anxiety]], [[mindfulness]], [[self-reflection]], **Source** — [[202308170952 — B — Why Are We Yelling]]