Why Your Body Knows Before Your Brain
This episode explores Antonio Damasio’s somatic marker hypothesis, the Iowa Gambling Task, and how bodily signals can guide decisions before logic catches up. It also shares practical ways to use music and a quick somatic check-in to shift from overthinking into confident action.
Featured Research & Citations:
Bechara, A., Damasio, A. R., Damasio, H., & Anderson, S. W. (1994). Insensitivity to future consequences following damage to human prefrontal cortex. Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0277(94)90018-3
Bechara, A., Damasio, H., Tranel, D., & Damasio, A. R. (1997). Deciding…
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