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EP 80: Zab Johnson, PhD, on the Neuroscience of Perception

The Emergency Mind Podcast

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The Speed Accuracy Trade-Off in Decision Making

Sometimes in decision making, there's what's called a speed accuracy trade off. So if you're very fast, you are more likely to be less accurate in your decisions. In the real world, you know, you may have to make a decision much more quickly than than your confidence tell you and it depends on the task. And so we could talk about that in perspective of medicine. One thing that stress is great for is making you more attentive,. Your brain's way of piping in epinephrine, adrenaline to make you actually take in more information from the world around you.

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