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Brain's Decision Model Explained
- Decision making happens across many brain areas through evidence accumulation toward thresholds.
- Stress can speed up attention and alertness but impacts decision speed-accuracy trade-offs.
Stress and Self-Awareness Divergence
- People often lack awareness of their actual stress level from neural activity.
- Brain processes influencing decisions can be subconscious and not consciously accessible.
Overload Hides Obvious Decisions
- In a cardiac arrest, despite clear signals, decision overload can obscure obvious actions.
- This gap between perceived and actual awareness highlights cognitive load limits under stress.