+emotion over intellect

Here is an interesting article about the role of emotion in decision-making. It appears Benedetto De Martino of University College London has proved the brain's wiring emphatically relies on emotion in decision making.

"We found everyone showed emotional biases, more or less; no one was totally free of them," De Martino says. Even among the four participants who were aware they were inconsistent in decision-making, "they said, 'I know, I just couldn't help myself,' " he says.

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