To explore these implicit learning mechanisms, I explored brain areas that project to the prefrontal cortex, and designed Psychological experiments to explore how the brain automatically picks up on environmental patterns (Statistical Learning and Familiarity). I discovered that brains track the probability past events to make predictions of the future. Interestingly, instead of the brain increasing in activity, it actually reduces it’s activity - as though the predictions are leading to a ‘Zen’ state. In other words, if the brain knows what’s going to happen, then it can reduce metabolic resources. (Click for more information: 1, 2, 3)