Sometimes our brain reacts differently in different tasks. If we knew what really happens inside the brain when we expect it to perform two very contradicting tasks, we would be able to delegate the tasks better way.
Let’s find out the ironies together.
Why you shouldn’t look for mistakes while you are writing?
Writer’s Brain vs Editor’s Brain
Or, Creative Brain vs Critic Brain
You write one page, then proof-read it for yourself, you don’t like what you read, so you tear the page or cross off the writing because it is just not your kind of “perfection.”
Does this story sound familiar to you?
If you are like most student or writer, you can relate to this. But it turns out we have been writing the wrong way our whole life.
The job of writing has to do with creativity. Creativity is all about embracing randomness and by extension, overlooking all the precedence.
Whereas, the job of an editor is to remember the nuances, grammar, appropriate expressions. He has to work a completely different region of thinking. Creativity is the exact opposite of editing (correcting).
Frontal lobe is responsible for linguistics (language), memory, emotion, the three core essence of creative writing.
But unaware of this contradicting departments in our brain, we often mix them both and as a result, end up getting mediocre results.
Think outside the box.
Why you shouldn’t buy them all in one day?
‘Dopamine vs Adrenaline’ Conflict
You play a video game, you get the sense of reward with dopamine. But also with all the running, and fear of losing, your heartbeat goes up, so does your respiration.
This is the classic scenario most would relate to. This is the dopamine-adrenaline conflict at work.
We go back to that place for the promise of dopamine and in the process, adrenaline kicks in and we lose our rationality.
It also happens when we place bets, or take part in auctions, even at the casinos.
Sometimes some things manage to enthrall us with the dopamine rush.
But then adrenaline kicks in, and we lose the track of rationality and conscience.
Ex : Auctions, 50% offs, Casinos, Betting, Porn addiction.
Adrenaline is the hormone that causes us to enable “flight respose.”
It messes our rational thinking and enables our fight or flight response.
A hungry person is known to be responsive to the fight or flight response. Why? Because their glucose is burned more and adrenaline boosts, and their rational brain is turned off.
Next time you find yourself drawn towards someplace without rational thinking, think about this.
We fall prey to this for dopamine and end up falling for adrenaline and lose rationality.
Doing most activities that have the ‘binge’ prefix in it, that’s what happens to your reasoning.
Binge-watching, binge-buying, binge-eating, binge-betting, binge-gambling, binge-gaming, you name it.
How you act in social situation
An extrovert can play the role of an introvert in social situations if s/he is friends with an introvert for long enough.
Group psychology is the idea of how a person acts when around or is a part of the group. The idea basically is that a person acts differently in a group, and as a group. There is a group bias or influence afoot that makes us do things that we would not ideally consider doing as an individual, when alone. Sigmund Freud called this ‘The Herd Instinct.’ Modern psychologists call it ‘The Bandwagon Effect.’
Social Conformity
The choices we make vary on whether or not we are in a group.
References : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22162145/ https://www.verywellmind.com/left-brain-vs-right-brain-2795005
TED : 3 tools to become more creative
Know Your Instincts 