hese experiments served to help the scientists to better understand how rats, and, later, people, develop their behaviors and deal with everyday circumstances. Larry Squire was in charge of Eugene’s case. He used the tests performed at MIT in the 1990s to understand what was happening with Eugene Pauley. These tests served to prove that the basal ganglia- a golf ball-sized part of our brain- stores our habits. “Chunking” is the process by “which the brain converts a series of actions into an automatic routine”. Chunking is the foundation which allows our habits to form. Some scientists say that habits are the brain’s way of saving effort. Habits are composed of a three-step process. This ‘habit loop’ begins with a cue- this is what triggers
