Author: Ela

Imagine your brain. Hopefully, you saw a picture of a human brain at some point in life so you can imagine it now ;). A rough idea is enough. The human brain The cerebrum with its gray matter is the largest part of your brain. It lies around most other structures of the brain and […]
How would you characterize your best personal decisions? Think about it. What is coming to your mind? Are you thinking about producing results, personal growth, or a great outcome? Are you thinking about a more balanced living as a result? Are you thinking about fast decisions, in which you joyfully skipped the agonizing pain of analyzing […]
Photo courtesy Jamie Frith available under the Creative Commons license on Flickr. The series of posts on decision making: When are decisions consciously made? Rational decision making and the curse of dimensionality Emotional decision making and the Descartes’ error The key ingredient behind successful decision making Why best decisions are wrong and what to do […]
  Are you the one who despises intuition, or are you the one who respects it? Are you the one who thinks intuition is a word coined to cover the criterion-free and otherwise arbitrary decisions? Are you the one who neglects the power of intuition in favor of a rational thought? The thought can be explained […]
This is a follow-up for the post on rational decision making. And first, a boring but important bit: “Most theories of choice assume that decisions derive from an assessment of the future outcomes of various options and alternatives through some type of cost-benefit analyses. The influence of emotions on decision-making is largely ignored. The studies […]