Posts Tagged ‘mental math’

Men­tal Math and the Fine-Tun­ing of Emo­tions (The Dana Foun­da­tion) “You often hear the word “cal­cu­lat­ing” used to describe some­one who always seems to act delib­er­ate­ly, guid­ed by rea­son rather than emo­tion. The idea behind this char­ac­ter­i­za­tion is that human nature strad­dles a deep divide between think­ing and feel­ing, but cur­rent research sug­gests oth­er­wise. Brain-imag­ing studies,…