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Ted Audio Collective Hey

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everyone, this is Ted Health and I'm Dr.

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Shoshana Ungerleiter. Ever wondered

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why your choices after a long

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day seem off kilter? Or

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why that first morning decision feels

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so sharp and clear-eyed in comparison?

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Well, it's not just in your head.

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This is actually a very

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real phenomenon called decision fatigue.

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It influences decisions from

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courtrooms to living rooms.

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We've all suffered from it. This

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actually makes me think of my days in

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residency. During my

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training, there were so many times where

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I had to make life or death

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decisions in a split second, all

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on no sleep. This 2023 Ted

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Ed lesson, directed by

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Jolene Tan and narrated by

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Alexandra Panzer, dives into

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the invisible battle our brains wage

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daily, juggling the trivial

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to the monumental. Buckle

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up as we explore the science of

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decision fatigue, and perhaps

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a 2011 study researchers followed

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time of day. Imprisoned

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people who That with the board

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in the morning, were far more

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likely to receive parole in those

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cases were reviewed in the afternoon.

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Even. If their crimes and sentences

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In the afternoons the

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specifically they were experiencing

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decisions at this kind

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of positive. Exhaustion occurs after

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a period of extended decision making

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and it can make people more

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impulses and less confident are making

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choices. The dangers of

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decision fatigue or clear in high stakes

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scenarios like the study, but it can

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have a serious impact on our day

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to day lives as well. So what

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kinds of choices lead us to the

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state and what can we do to

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cite cities. Everything

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our bodies do, whether physical.

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Or Mental uses energy for

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a while. It's unclear exactly

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what resources are depleted. During

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mental strain that he says sound, many

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individual seem to have a daily. Threshold

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for making decisions. And

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free is meant to make

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the purchase. To to take

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it easy and say. Serious thinking

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about any new decisions for another

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day. How quickly you reach this

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threshold depends on several variable, including

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the frequency, complexity, and novelty of

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the decisions you have to make.

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For example, choosing what to eat

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for breakfast isn't very good thing.

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Not only is this decision limited.

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By what's available, it's also a choice

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you expect to make wants to do

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with fairly most. Post and even

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when you're not quite sure what

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to eat, the time between this

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minor decisions and the next season?

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ample room to recover whatever positive

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energy. Do it. But

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let's imagine something much trickier. For

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example, your part suddenly breaks down

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and meet for free. Liquid:

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An unexpected, complicated decision.

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With serious consequences. In

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this case, there are countless options

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to choose from and you won't

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find them all in one place.

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To meet the optimal choice, you'll

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need to do hours of thoughtful

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research to consider the various the

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pros and cons. And since this

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is that the same, you don't

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often make. Will also have to

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identify what considerations or most important.

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The time pressure can add. additional stress

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of during the decision making

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process and afterwards. As

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you expend more energy wondering if you

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would have made a difference decision with

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more time. After

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just a single decision of

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this magnitude, most people would

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have already reached their decision

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making threshold. But in processions

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where individuals need to make

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multiple high stakes decisions every

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day decision fatigue and be

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much more dangerous. Judges

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like those in the Twenty Eleven

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study often encounter difficult decisions back

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to be with new time to

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are especially. Concerned about decisions

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Often work long. She's full of

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life or death decisions. And some

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studies have found that miracle workers are

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much more likely to make critical mistake

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when working extended she. Addressing

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these issues requires institutional changes that

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there are much more direct ways

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most of us can avoid fatigue.

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And our daily lives. One

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simple strategy is to make

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fewer daily decisions, tackling your.

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To do with over multiple, they

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are even removing some wrote decisions

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typically less training to offer advice

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on a hard decision senate is

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to make. It to yourself

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so he. Can be helpful

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to imagine your decisions as someone

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the impact you specifically. Finally

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is essential to remember that

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not every choice is equally

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