2019-06-29

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How to deal with uncertainty a little bit better. I wanted to explore a more personal style of storytelling. There are definitely fewer facts in here, but I hope the conversational approach to talking about studies is more entertaining and memorable for you. What is life if not a big experiment?

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REFERENCES 📚

The game with the two envelopes // How your intolerance for uncertainty affects reward-based decision making

Luhmann, C. C., Ishida, K., & Hajcak, G. (2011). Intolerance of uncertainty and decisions about delayed, probabilistic rewards. Behavior Therapy, 42(3), 378-386.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005789411000219

Uncertainty is too stressful, perhaps a guaranteed electric shock is better:

De Berker, A. O., Rutledge, R. B., Mathys, C., Marshall, L., Cross, G. F., Dolan, R. J., & Bestmann, S. (2016). Computations of uncertainty mediate acute stress responses in humans. Nature communications, 7, 10996. https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms10996

Intolerance of uncertainty is higher in people with anxiety and depression:

Carleton, R. N., Mulvogue, M. K., Thibodeau, M. A., McCabe, R. E., Antony, M. M., & Asmundson, G. J. (2012). Increasingly certain about uncertainty: Intolerance of uncertainty across anxiety and depression. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26(3), 468-479. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0887618512000230

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