Decision-Making Mechanisms

Decision-Making Mechanisms

  - Integration of Bodily States and Cognition:

    - The prefrontal cortex (PFC) integrates interoceptive information (via the insula) and nirs-fnirs-in-emotional-regulation-influence-of-dreams" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">emotional inputs (via the amygdala) to assess options.

    - Working Memory and Goals: The PFC keeps the decision active as a goal, even amidst nirs-fnirs-in-emotional-regulation-influence-of-dreams" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">emotional fluctuations, through circuits that sustain attention and persistence.

  - Role of Neurotransmitters:

    - Dopamine reinforces motivation towards the decision, even without immediate reward.

    - Serotonin modulates flexibility vs. rigidity in maintaining choices.

Maintaining Decision Despite nirs-fnirs-in-emotional-regulation-influence-of-dreams" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Emotional Changes

  - Homeostasis and Allostasis:

    - The nirs-fnirs-brain-tuning-a-study-of-hyperscanning-and-intercerebral-coherence-in-the-educational-context" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">brain prioritizes decisions that promote bodily balance (homeostasis) or anticipate future needs (allostasis), maintaining them even with transient nirs-fnirs-in-emotional-regulation-influence-of-dreams" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">emotional variations.

  - Habits and Subcortical Circuits:

    - Repeated decisions can be consolidated in the nucleus accumbens and basal ganglia, becoming automatic and less susceptible to nirs-fnirs-in-emotional-regulation-influence-of-dreams" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">emotional fluctuations.

  - nirs-fnirs-in-emotional-regulation-influence-of-dreams" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Emotional Self-Regulation:

    - Structures such as the dorsolateral PFC modulate nirs-fnirs-in-emotional-regulation-influence-of-dreams" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">emotional nirs-fnirs-task-with-fnirs-from-stimulus-to-responses" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">responses, allowing the decision to prevail over momentary feelings.

Continuity of the Bodily 'Self'

  - Maintaining decisions reflects the continuity of the self emerging from bodily signals. Even with nirs-fnirs-in-emotional-regulation-influence-of-dreams" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">emotional changes, the coherence of the 'self' (based on interoception and memory) sustains choices aligned with long-term goals or survival.

In summary, decisions persist due to dynamic integration between bodily states, nirs-fnirs-in-emotional-regulation-influence-of-dreams" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">emotional memory, neurochemical regulation, and cortical planning mechanisms, ensuring stability amid internal fluctuations.