This article is mainly about how our brain overloads and freezes up if we have too much information that we are trying to process at one time. When this happens, we tend to make worse decisions that we may soon regret later. More commonly, the brain actually makes better decisions through the unconscious process.
I thought that this
article was very interesting, especially because it is something I have never heard
of before. This article was such a different take on everyday average life and
interesting because it is something that we commonly wouldn't ever think about,
because brain activity is such an unconscious thing. It was also fascinating to
read about how much this overload of information does effect the brain and
effects how well it works or not. It really makes me think about how much this
may be happening to me, but I don't realize it! I worry about what decisions I
may have made in my past, or recently, because I had TOO much information,
instead of making a correct, smart, logical, and informed decision. I wonder if
women have more of a difficulty with this kind of issue. We all know that most
women love to talk to their friends and confide in others. If they have a
problem, they will most likely seek advice from others, most commonly, many
others. Now if this is combined with texting all of these people, I can see how
a woman's brain my short out or explode, based on this articles information.
I found your response very interesting! As a woman I find that we tend to be better with multitasking and having our thoughts scattered over many things at once. But the thought of our brains just "giving out" or "shorting" has never crossed my mind....although it seems very likely that it could happen. I feel that the amount of information that technology clouds our mind with, in addition to the thoughts that occur from everyday life can make our minds just want to give up at a certain point. Something's got to change and fast!
ReplyDeleteAllie, That is a really interesting point you made about women seeking advice and gossiping all the time! I definitely think that our brains are filled with so much information that we do not need or even really want, and this could definitely make an impact on our brains and decision making. I also enjoyed reading the article because it is not a very common subject we discuss or pay attention to. I wonder what (if anything) would change in our culture if we did pay more attention to information overload.
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