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Dinner time. Friends order pizza. So you want to follow their example, but once again you promised yourself to eat right. You have a choice: either order a pizza with everyone, but then suffer from guilt, or protect yourself from this unpleasant experience by eating something healthy for lunch - for example, a salad. From the outside it may seem that you are just studying the menu, but what is happening in your brain in the meantime?
? Neural battle
At that moment, while you are trying to resolve the dining dilemma, in the depths of your cranium, nerve cells, neurons, actively interact with each other: some transmit excitement to others, others suppress.
And every time you are faced with a choice, a real neural battle begins - a battle between different versions of you. One neural network votes for pizza. Neurons in this network are found in the parts of the brain responsible for vision, smell, memories, and emotions. They send electrical and chemical signals, activating other neurons in the network. The neurons of the other network are lettuce proponents, and each of these networks tries to dominate.
The winning network will determine which choice you ultimately make.
For example, when you see your friends order pizza, the neurons - supporters of this choice light up in the parts of the brain responsible for memory and emotions, and you immediately remember the best pizza you have ever tasted.
If the memory is colorful and enjoyable (like eating pizza with friends at a cool party), chances are the pizza network will win (especially if the last salad you ate was so-so).
At the same time, a batch of lettuce advocates, especially neurons in the part of the brain responsible for will and self-determination, will try to suppress the pizza advocates.
It is also possible that another neural network will tell you that you can order pizza now, but only on condition that tomorrow you will practice well to “work it out”.
This whole battle is played out in a few seconds, and when friends ask what you decided, you open your mouth and order a pizza.
? What about the fateful decisions?
Actually, everything is the same here, but it's not about a battle, but about a whole war: the opponents are fighting much more fiercely, and victory is no longer so easy - there is too much at stake.
If you are stuck and cannot make a choice, the unconscious will enter the scene: it will work on the question even while you are sleeping. And if you suddenly "gut feel" what to do, - most likely, this is his handiwork.
? Neurons on guard
Every waking moment, when thoughts whirl through your head, when you decide which color of the blouse to choose or whether to accept the offer of a hand and heart, billions of neurons light up in your brain, interacting with each other.
Sometimes you make a decision in seconds. Sometimes the process can be delayed. These everyday battles and wars between neural networks determine the choices you make and ultimately who you are.
So the next time you are faced with a choice, both global and minor, pause and think about what work your brain is doing right now to help you decide. And thank him.
? Neural battle
At that moment, while you are trying to resolve the dining dilemma, in the depths of your cranium, nerve cells, neurons, actively interact with each other: some transmit excitement to others, others suppress.
And every time you are faced with a choice, a real neural battle begins - a battle between different versions of you. One neural network votes for pizza. Neurons in this network are found in the parts of the brain responsible for vision, smell, memories, and emotions. They send electrical and chemical signals, activating other neurons in the network. The neurons of the other network are lettuce proponents, and each of these networks tries to dominate.
The winning network will determine which choice you ultimately make.
For example, when you see your friends order pizza, the neurons - supporters of this choice light up in the parts of the brain responsible for memory and emotions, and you immediately remember the best pizza you have ever tasted.
If the memory is colorful and enjoyable (like eating pizza with friends at a cool party), chances are the pizza network will win (especially if the last salad you ate was so-so).
At the same time, a batch of lettuce advocates, especially neurons in the part of the brain responsible for will and self-determination, will try to suppress the pizza advocates.
It is also possible that another neural network will tell you that you can order pizza now, but only on condition that tomorrow you will practice well to “work it out”.
This whole battle is played out in a few seconds, and when friends ask what you decided, you open your mouth and order a pizza.
? What about the fateful decisions?
Actually, everything is the same here, but it's not about a battle, but about a whole war: the opponents are fighting much more fiercely, and victory is no longer so easy - there is too much at stake.
If you are stuck and cannot make a choice, the unconscious will enter the scene: it will work on the question even while you are sleeping. And if you suddenly "gut feel" what to do, - most likely, this is his handiwork.
? Neurons on guard
Every waking moment, when thoughts whirl through your head, when you decide which color of the blouse to choose or whether to accept the offer of a hand and heart, billions of neurons light up in your brain, interacting with each other.
Sometimes you make a decision in seconds. Sometimes the process can be delayed. These everyday battles and wars between neural networks determine the choices you make and ultimately who you are.
So the next time you are faced with a choice, both global and minor, pause and think about what work your brain is doing right now to help you decide. And thank him.
