"go-to" = immediate? automatic?

[Jonathan Lighter]

I don't think "default" works here. The point seems to be that the feelings
are "consciously accessible," not that they're usual or expected.

"Go-to guys" are guys who reliably get things done when you go to them, not
guys you go to by default (i.e., because there's nobody else).

JL


On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> 'default'? (i.e. they can be trumped by something more powerful in a
> specific case but are otherwise activated)
> I'm thinking "go-to player" in sports contexts--LeBron is Miami's go-to
> shooter at the end of the game, Gronkowski (when he's not injured) is
> Brady's go-to receiver in the red zone, but if they're covered, someone
> else will be chosen to take the shot/receive the pass.
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> LH
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> On Jan 1, 2014, at 8:44 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> >
> http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/31/5259884/finnish-study-maps-emotions-onto-a-human-body
> > :
> >
> > [T]he study says we're ill-equipped to differentiate between
> > skeletomuscular, visceral, and nerve sensations. Our responses, the
> > churning stomachs or hot flushes on our faces, are our go-to "consciously
> > accessible" bodily states when we deal with an onslaught of emotions.
> >
> > JL
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