# Behavior Changes Through Situations Habits and Emotion by Laurie R. Santos and Tamar Gendler > “The lesson of much contemporary research in judgment and decision-making is that knowledge— at least in the form of our consciously accessible representation of a situation—is rarely the central factor controlling our behavior. The real power of online behavioral control comes not from knowledge, but from things like situation selection, habit formation, and emotion regulation. This is a lesson that therapy has taken to heart, but one that "pure science" continues to neglect.” > **— Laurie R. Santos and Tamar Gendler**, *2014 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [Knowing is Half the Battle — Laurie R. Santos and Tamar Gendler](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/25436) — a verbatim passage from Laurie R. Santos and Tamar Gendler's 2014 Annual Question response, expressing the author's position at the time. The linked response supplies its surrounding context. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2014 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2014 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2014-093). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/Cyber-Physical Lessons from Imperial Beekeeping|Cyber-Physical Lessons from Imperial Beekeeping]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Behavioral Modification|Behavioral Modification]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The lesson of much contemporary research in judgment and decision-making is that knowledge— at least in the form of our consciously accessible representation of a situation—is rarely the central factor controlling our behavior. The real power of online behavioral control comes not from knowledge, but from things like situation selection, habit formation, and emotion regulation. This is a lesson that therapy has taken to heart, but one that "pure science" continues to neglect.” — Laurie R. Santos and Tamar Gendler, 2014 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-laurie-gendler-behavior-changes-through-situations-habits ```