Have you ever gotten an email that insulted you and prompted you to react immediately? Then, maybe the next hour or day, you realized your interpretation was incorrect, your answer wasn’t appropriate and you ended up making matters worse? We’re again at the center for emotions of the brain, the amygdala. However, this is not a situation threatening your life. …
When your rational self doesn’t get a say
Do you think you can foretell how you would behave in most situations? We like to believe we know ourselves and answer ‘Yes, I know exactly what I would do!’ But sometimes we can be surprised by how wrong our predictions are. The moments we’re most likely to mispredict our actions involve stress, so let’s review what happens in that …