How to Be a Better Decision-Maker, With Neuroscientist David Redish
The Upgrade by Lifehacker
Lifehacker
4.6 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever found yourself totally immobilized in the face of a decision? Why is deciding on something so difficult, whether it’s deciding what to have for dinner or whether we should move across the country? This week, we talk with neuroscientist David Redish about what is actually happening in our brains during the decision-making process. Then, we're joined by Lifehacker’s managing editor Virginia Smith to figure out how our moral, social and legal frameworks inform the decisions we make.
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| 0:45.7 | That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. Hello and welcome to the upgrade, the podcast from the team at LifeHacker, where we help you improve your life one week at a time. |
| 1:09.9 | I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor-in-chief of LifeHacker. |
| 1:12.5 | And I'm Alice Bradley, LifeHacker's deputy editor. And today we're talking about how we can get better at |
| 1:17.8 | making decisions. Alice, yes, Melissa. Do you consider yourself to be a decisive person? You know, I don't, |
| 1:24.8 | but I think I feel good about the decisions I've made, so I think in the end I get there. |
| 1:28.9 | How about you? I think I'm a pretty decisive person. Once I make the decision, I'm pretty good at sticking with it, even in the face of all reason. |
| 1:38.0 | Excellent. At any rate, whether you're a generally indecisive person or a decisive person, you're still going to learn something in this episode. |
| 1:46.8 | You sure will. |
| 1:47.8 | First, we'll hear from Professor David Reddish of the University of Minnesota, who helps us understand the neuroscience behind decision-making. |
| 1:54.2 | We know that these systems are different. |
| 1:56.7 | We know they're separate. |
| 1:58.4 | We know that they use separate parts of your brain. |
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