Great 20-minute interview with science writer Jonah Lehrer about the role of emotions in decision-making. Current neuro research suggests that different parts of our brain/nervous system have different responses to the same situations, and they all argue their position before the integrating intelligence in the front of the brain. For example, faced with the decision to buy dessert: one part of the brain campaigns for the pleasure, another worries about excessive calories, another fears the expenditure of money, another will wax poetic about all previous desserts, etc. A decision emerges from the summation of all these parts, perhaps with a hint of free will thrown in...
The Emotional Brain
The Emotional Brain
The Emotional Brain
Great 20-minute interview with science writer Jonah Lehrer about the role of emotions in decision-making. Current neuro research suggests that different parts of our brain/nervous system have different responses to the same situations, and they all argue their position before the integrating intelligence in the front of the brain. For example, faced with the decision to buy dessert: one part of the brain campaigns for the pleasure, another worries about excessive calories, another fears the expenditure of money, another will wax poetic about all previous desserts, etc. A decision emerges from the summation of all these parts, perhaps with a hint of free will thrown in...