Desire to succeed vs. fear of failure
Posted on: May 27, 2007, at 05:51:52pm

“The brain doesn’t like ambiguous situations,” Camerer said to me. “When it can’t figure out what is happening, the amygdala transmits fear to the orbitofrontal cortex.”

The results of the experiment (one where people were given MRIs while asked if they'd like to gamble 50/50 on either winning $150 or losing $100) suggested that when people are confronted with ambiguity their emotions can overpower their reasoning, leading them to reject risky propositions.


I'm going to pre med and medical school, and I was fearing of failure but I'm saying if you ultimately really want to do something. Ignore your emotions and do it regardless of your fear of the outcome.