http://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/irrational-decisions-driven-by-emotions/ Advances in biological systems. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:29:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/irrational-decisions-driven-by-emotions/#comment-65373 The dartboard approach to life problems Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:01:08 +0000 https://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/irrational-decisions-driven-by-emotions/#comment-65373 [...] would hate to tell you this but most decisions are driven by emotions.  That means, you have a decision you make based on the emotions you have and as a consequence [...] [...] would hate to tell you this but most decisions are driven by emotions.  That means, you have a decision you make based on the emotions you have and as a consequence [...]

]]> http://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/irrational-decisions-driven-by-emotions/#comment-5250 ced31 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:42:20 +0000 https://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/irrational-decisions-driven-by-emotions/#comment-5250 Of course, brain activities are interrupeted when emotions are high and active. Like we make irrational decisions when we are mad or not in a good mood. And this just happens to me all time and I would regret that. Very well-researche blog by the way! Of course, brain activities are interrupeted when emotions are high and active. Like we make irrational decisions when we are mad or not in a good mood. And this just happens to me all time and I would regret that. Very well-researche blog by the way!

]]> http://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/irrational-decisions-driven-by-emotions/#comment-5090 uglychart.com » Blog Archive » Why it is so hard to follow simple rules Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:04:56 +0000 https://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2006/08/05/irrational-decisions-driven-by-emotions/#comment-5090 [...] I was talking with my uncle a couple weeks ago about trading. He is a chess master and I told him how the most difficult part of trading is that it is so easy to break your own rules. He couldn’t really understand how that could be hard. It does seem simple to just follow a few basic rules and I had a hard time trying to explain to him why it isn’t so easy. Well, according to new research at the University College London, “irrational behaviour arises as a consequence of emotional reactions evoked when faced with difficult decisions.” In order to trade rationally - to follow your system without fail - a trader needs the ability to override these automatic emotional responses. “Our study provides neurobiological evidence that an amygdala-based emotional system underpins this biasing of human decisions. Moreover, we found that people are rational, or irrational, to widely differing amounts. Interestingly, the amygdala was active across all participants, regardless of whether they behaved rationally or irrationally, suggesting that everyone experiences an emotional reaction when faced with such choices. However, we found that more rational individuals had greater activation in their orbitofrontal cortex (a region of prefrontal cortex) suggesting that rational individuals are able to better manage or perhaps override their emotional responses.” [...] [...] I was talking with my uncle a couple weeks ago about trading. He is a chess master and I told him how the most difficult part of trading is that it is so easy to break your own rules. He couldn’t really understand how that could be hard. It does seem simple to just follow a few basic rules and I had a hard time trying to explain to him why it isn’t so easy. Well, according to new research at the University College London, “irrational behaviour arises as a consequence of emotional reactions evoked when faced with difficult decisions.” In order to trade rationally - to follow your system without fail - a trader needs the ability to override these automatic emotional responses. “Our study provides neurobiological evidence that an amygdala-based emotional system underpins this biasing of human decisions. Moreover, we found that people are rational, or irrational, to widely differing amounts. Interestingly, the amygdala was active across all participants, regardless of whether they behaved rationally or irrationally, suggesting that everyone experiences an emotional reaction when faced with such choices. However, we found that more rational individuals had greater activation in their orbitofrontal cortex (a region of prefrontal cortex) suggesting that rational individuals are able to better manage or perhaps override their emotional responses.” [...]

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