It turns out that we learn more than we thought … from blowing it. Brain experts tell us why. Simply put ... even my dinner that blew up – or your latest ramshackle results ... could hold decision making advantages. How so?
Mistakes are seen in research ... to show an alert system in the brain. Check out this newly identified early warning system … at the University of Exeter in Engl
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Participants were asked to imagine they were doctors, and asked to identify diseases based on images from fictitious blood samples. Yikes -- can you imagine a group of fake doctors looking at a bunch of fake blood samples? A perfect recipe for slips and blunders. What did it show?
Interestingly, the brain reacted to previous slip-ups with an identifiable warning signal. Experts expressed surprise at its speed - warnings appeared only one-tenth of a second later. How could this improve your decisions?
The fact that we know how the brain is hardwired to alert us to avoid repeating painful decisions … suggests that we can avoid previous blunders … more than once thought. It’s all a matter of moving beyond errors … with the confidence … that mistakes help us to make better decisions in future. What valuable lesson have you learned from a recent flaw?
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