Neuroscience and Decision-Making Audiobook By Albert Rutherford cover art

Neuroscience and Decision-Making

How to Shift from Impulsive and Irrational to Intentional and Deliberate

Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

Neuroscience and Decision-Making

By: Albert Rutherford
Narrated by: Russell Newton
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $6.95

Buy for $6.95

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

Steer your emotional brain so it doesn’t overrun your life. A neuroscience-based approach to avoiding impulsive decisions, distractions, and unconscious biases.

Our brains are not wired for optimal, coolheaded, and slow decisions. They are wired for fast, survival-oriented, and emotion-based reactions. It’s time to understand your primal mental tendencies and make more deliberate, coolheaded choices.

Stop deciding on autopilot. You can do better.

Studies have shown that our decisions are disrupted by a large selection of irrationalities and biases. We tend to look for information that supports our opinion and discount that doesn’t. Sudden emotions can make us change our mind on a whim. Our brains, fascinating as they are, are often not reliable to make the best decision if left unchecked. When willpower is depleted, we tend to take the path of least resistance and procrastinate. When uncertainty arises, the amygdala can lead us into fight or flight reactions. The next thing you know is that we feel anxious, dissatisfied, or discouraged about who you are.

What if there was a way to make quality decisions consistently? Good news, there is! Neuroscience and Decision-Making breaks down the chemical and physiological events in the brain that lead to sometimes unwanted choices. Instead of labeling yourself as someone who “always makes bad decisions”, shift perspective. The solution is not personality-related; it’s awareness-related. To overcome your brain’s natural decision-making tendencies, you need to understand the brain’s urges and work with them, rather than against them. Think clearly, second-guess yourself less, and ultimately be more satisfied with your choices.

Live life with fewer regrets. In this audiobook, you'll find:

  • How to fully tap into your brain’s superpower, neuroplasticity.
  • How heuristics trick your brain for suboptimal choices and how to avoid them.
  • The role of the amygdala in impulse decisions and how to modulate your responses to them.
  • How distractions affect your “control network” and ways to mitigate their effect.
  • Understanding the “I will”, “I won’t”, “I want” willpower responses.
  • Should you or should you not rely on your gut feeling?
  • How virtual reality can help you increase your empathy when making decisions.

Neuroscience and Decision-Making is based on extensive research and study between the fields of psychology, behavior science, neuropsychology, and decision-making. Learn to make consistently good decisions in alignment with your true goals and values.

About the Author

Albert Rutherford is an internationally best-selling author. His books draw on various sources, from corporate system building to strategic analysis, scientific research, and his life experience. He has been optimizing individual and corporate decision-making his whole adult life and brings his proven advice to you.

©2022 Albert Rutherford (P)2022 Albert Rutherford
Biological Sciences Career Success Decision-Making & Problem Solving Science Career Human Brain Emotions Problem Solving

Listeners also enjoyed...

International Relations - For People Who Hate Politics Audiobook By Albert Rutherford, Zoe McKey cover art
International Relations - For People Who Hate Politics By: Albert Rutherford, and others
Learn Game Theory Audiobook By Albert Rutherford cover art
Learn Game Theory By: Albert Rutherford
Practice Game Theory Audiobook By Albert Rutherford cover art
Practice Game Theory By: Albert Rutherford
The Analytical Mind: Level Up Your Researching and Critical Thinking Skills, Improve Your Decision Making and Problem Solving Ability, Notice the Details Others Miss Audiobook By Albert Rutherford cover art
The Analytical Mind: Level Up Your Researching and Critical Thinking Skills, Improve Your Decision Making and Problem Solving Ability, Notice the Details Others Miss By: Albert Rutherford
Systems Thinking and Chaos Audiobook By Albert Rutherford cover art
Systems Thinking and Chaos By: Albert Rutherford
The Science of Self-Discipline Audiobook By Peter Hollins cover art
The Science of Self-Discipline By: Peter Hollins
The Science of Self-Learning Audiobook By Peter Hollins cover art
The Science of Self-Learning By: Peter Hollins
Build a Better Brain Audiobook By Peter Hollins cover art
Build a Better Brain By: Peter Hollins
Mind Hacking Secrets: Control Thinking, Improve Decision Making, Reclaim Your Attention, and Unlock Your Limitless Potential Audiobook By Som Bathla cover art
Mind Hacking Secrets: Control Thinking, Improve Decision Making, Reclaim Your Attention, and Unlock Your Limitless Potential By: Som Bathla
Livewired Audiobook By David Eagleman cover art
Livewired By: David Eagleman
The Antidote Audiobook By Oliver Burkeman cover art
The Antidote By: Oliver Burkeman
The Scout Mindset Audiobook By Julia Galef cover art
The Scout Mindset By: Julia Galef
Chasing Failure Audiobook By Ryan Leak cover art
Chasing Failure By: Ryan Leak
A History of the Human Brain Audiobook By Bret Stetka cover art
A History of the Human Brain By: Bret Stetka
What We Owe the Future Audiobook By William MacAskill cover art
What We Owe the Future By: William MacAskill
F--k Your Feelings: Master Your Mind, Accomplish Anything and Become a More Significant Human Audiobook By Ryan Munsey cover art
F--k Your Feelings: Master Your Mind, Accomplish Anything and Become a More Significant Human By: Ryan Munsey
The Metaverse Audiobook By Matthew Ball cover art
The Metaverse By: Matthew Ball
Your Brain Is a Time Machine Audiobook By Dean Buonomano cover art
Your Brain Is a Time Machine By: Dean Buonomano
Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous Demon Audiobook By Brian Clegg cover art
Professor Maxwell's Duplicitous Demon By: Brian Clegg
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain Audiobook By Lisa Feldman Barrett cover art
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain By: Lisa Feldman Barrett
Most relevant  
Very intriguing book for anyone interested in how you brain works. I personally enjoy all of Albert Rutherfords books enjoyable.

The title says it all

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.