Forget thinking vs. feeling dichotomy. Think/ feel holistic brain functioning

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,…

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How cognitive illusions blind us to reason

Fun arti­cle by Daniel Kah­ne­man based on his new book,Think­ing, Fast and Slow. How cog­ni­tive illu­sions blind us to rea­son (The Guardian): Why do Wall Street traders have such faith in their pow­ers of pre­dic­tion, when their suc­cess is large­ly down to chance? Daniel Kah­ne­man explains.  — “Look­ing back, the most strik­ing part of the…

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