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PhD Student writing his thesis. Do not disturb!
Hey
Have you ever seen the PhD student who spends his time in the writing room?
He's a PhD student So he can't be Ryan Gosling's clone
All PhD students are not necessarily spotty four-eyes
Well, knock on the door and you'll find out
Oh no I don't want to bother him
Yeah well that's because you're scared stiff
I challenge you to talk to a guy next time we hang out together
Ciao tio See you tomorrow
CASCADING DECISIONS human decision making
And in this article they talk about a patient
Who has a prefrontal cortex lesion
And as a result he has completely uninhibited behavior
(Thanks)
As if...
As if he were only responding to his primitive instincts, you see
Whatever the context
Yeah I see, I see
It's like the complete opposite of your brain
Your brain controls everything
This is the Preference Evaluation Center speaking
The attraction level for the present individual is very high
This is the Motivational Center speaking
The expected reward is very high
I'm motivated I'm motivated
Let's get motivated!
Let's go Let's go
We're motivated motivated!
This is the Premotor Cortex speaking
Integrating information
Triggering action!
Triggering action!
Wow wow wow wow
This is the Contextual Information Evaluation Center
The current context is a public place
Inhibit any inappropriate action
This is an order!
Sir! Yes, sir!
Message received
Deactivating action
Inhibit any inappropriate action
This is an order
Wait a minute
This is the Past Events Evaluation Center
We accepted a challenge we have to take responsibility for
I quote :
'I challenge you to talk to a guy next time we hang out together'
I order you to trigger an action!
Sir! Yes, sir!
Message received
disinhibiting action!
Sir! Yes, sir!
Messaged received
Triggering an action appropriate to the context
Hi
Hey, Hi
Ciao tio!
It was a really good Phd defense!
Thanks
You
Yes you ...
Because we could...
So that's it
you're a neuroscientist
You know everything about the brain
But it doesn't mean I can read people's minds