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    The Neuroscience of Decision-Making: Understanding Your Choices and Behaviors
    The Neuroscience of Decision-Making: Understanding Your Choices and Behaviors
    The Neuroscience of Decision-Making: Understanding Your Choices and Behaviors
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    The Neuroscience of Decision-Making: Understanding Your Choices and Behaviors

    By Ryan Knightly

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    Are you tired of making decisions that lead to unwanted outcomes? Do you wish you could understand why you make certain choices and behaviors? Look no further than "The Neuroscience of Decision-Making: Understanding Your Choices and Behaviors" by Ryan Knightly.

    In this comprehensive guide, Knightly takes readers on a journey through the fascinating world of decision-making and the brain. From the rational brain to the emotional brain, and from the addicted brain to the creative brain, Knightly provides insight into the many factors that influence our decisions and behaviors.

    Through 20 well-crafted chapters, readers will learn how to identify and manage cognitive biases, navigate social pressures, develop intuition, cultivate mindfulness, and make ethical decisions. Knightly also provides strategies for managing risk and uncertainty, as well as learning from past decisions for improved future outcomes.

    But "The Neuroscience of Decision-Making" isn't just about individual decision-making. Knightly also explores the impact of culture, technology, and leadership on decision-making, and offers guidance for making effective decisions as a group.

    Whether you're a business leader looking to improve decision-making within your team, a student seeking to better understand your own decision-making process, or simply someone who wants to make better choices and behaviors, "The Neuroscience of Decision-Making" is a must-read. With a clear and engaging writing style and insights grounded in the latest neuroscience research, Knightly's book will leave you with a greater understanding of yourself and the world around you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlueNome Publishing
    Release dateJun 19, 2023
    ISBN9798223346807
    The Neuroscience of Decision-Making: Understanding Your Choices and Behaviors

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