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What part of the brain forms habits? and what part of the brain changes habit?
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No such thing: You're allowing colloquial language to mislead you into thinking of "habits" as something special. A "habit" is merely a mode of behavior acquired by frequent repetition. Since behavior always involves the whole brain, so do habits. There's no "habit center" in the brain.
Answered 11/27/2017
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