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This document is page 24 of an academic text on cognitive psychology, explaining how the human brain rationalizes decisions and finds positive aspects in negative events. The footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030291' indicates it was part of a collection submitted to a congressional committee, but the content of this specific page contains no direct information about Jeffrey Epstein, his associates, or related activities. The text describes a 2009 brain-imaging study by the author, Ray Dolan, and Benedetto De Martino.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| Leon Festinger | Social psychologist |
Mentioned as the social psychologist who proposed the theory of post-choice re-evaluation to reduce cognitive dissona...
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| Ray Dolan | Research collaborator |
Collaborated with the author on a brain-imaging study in 2009.
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| Benedetto De Martino | Research collaborator |
Collaborated with the author on a brain-imaging study in 2009.
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| House Oversight |
The document has a footer identifier 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030291', suggesting it was part of a submission to a U.S. House...
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2009
A brain-imaging study was conducted where subjects were asked to imagine going on vacation to 80 different destinations and rate their anticipated happiness.
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The text states, 'In a brain-imaging study I conducted with Ray Dolan...'
The text states, 'In a brain-imaging study I conducted with Ray Dolan and Benedetto De Martino in 2009...'
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"With a broken leg, I will be able to lie in bed watching TV, guilt-free."Source
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intimidating. A broken leg, for example, may have been thought of as "terrible" before choosing it over some other malady. However, after choosing it, the subject would find a silver lining: "With a broken leg, I will be able to lie in bed watching TV, guilt-free." In our study, we also found that people perceived adverse events more positively if they had experienced them in the past. Recording brain activity while these reappraisals took place revealed that highlighting the positive within the negative involves, once again, a tête-à-tête between the frontal cortex and subcortical regions processing emotional value. While contemplating a mishap, like a broken leg, activity in the rACC modulated signals in a region called the striatum that conveyed the good and bad of the event in question — biasing activity in a positive direction.
It seems that our brain possesses the philosopher's stone that enables us to turn lead into gold and helps us bounce back to normal levels of well-being. It is wired to place high value on the events we encounter and put faith in its own decisions. This is true not only when forced to choose between two adverse options (such as selecting between two courses of medical treatment) but also when we are selecting between desirable alternatives. Imagine you need to pick between two equally attractive job offers. Making a decision may be a tiring, difficult ordeal, but once you make up your mind, something miraculous happens. Suddenly — if you are like most people — you view the chosen offer as better than you did before and conclude that the other option was not that great after all. According to social psychologist Leon Festinger, we re-evaluate the options postchoice to reduce the tension that arises from making a difficult decision between equally desirable options.
In a brain-imaging study I conducted with Ray Dolan and Benedetto De Martino in 2009, we asked subjects to imagine going on vacation to 80 different destinations and rate how happy they thought they
It seems that our brain possesses the philosopher's stone that enables us to turn lead into gold and helps us bounce back to normal levels of well-being. It is wired to place high value on the events we encounter and put faith in its own decisions. This is true not only when forced to choose between two adverse options (such as selecting between two courses of medical treatment) but also when we are selecting between desirable alternatives. Imagine you need to pick between two equally attractive job offers. Making a decision may be a tiring, difficult ordeal, but once you make up your mind, something miraculous happens. Suddenly — if you are like most people — you view the chosen offer as better than you did before and conclude that the other option was not that great after all. According to social psychologist Leon Festinger, we re-evaluate the options postchoice to reduce the tension that arises from making a difficult decision between equally desirable options.
In a brain-imaging study I conducted with Ray Dolan and Benedetto De Martino in 2009, we asked subjects to imagine going on vacation to 80 different destinations and rate how happy they thought they
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