Prefrontal, Amygdala and Research Pressure
Prefrontal, Amygdala and Research Pressure
There are two parts to our brain.One part is the cortex, which thinks carefully tries to do the right thing and looks for the truth. The other part is the amygdala, which likes things that happen fast like being famous and getting attention.New researchers want to do work and be honest.Things do not always work out that way. It takes a time to get something published in a good journal and it is hard to get people to like your work.
Some journals are not good they try to trick researchers.These journals say they are easy and fast and that they are important. New researchers do not always know which journals are real and which are not. Then they start to want to be famous.They want people to know they are a researcher. They want to be liked on media. So they publish their work quickly.They share it on social media and they like it when people like their work.They keep doing the thing and it makes them feel good.
This is where the way people make choices comes into play.Sometimes people do things because they get a reward even if it is not the thing to do.New researchers do not always have all the information so they make mistakes.They choose the journal or they take the easy way. When someone publishes their work people think they must be good at what they do.Just because someone published something it does not mean it is true or good.
So the prefrontal cortex, which tries to do the thing loses.People want to be famous. They want it now.They take shortcuts. They publish their work in journals that are not good.New researchers get to say they are a researcher.They do not really learn anything.People want to do the thing but the system and the desire to be famous make them take shortcuts.New researchers and the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala are all involved, in this process.The prefrontal cortex and the amygdala are always.The prefrontal cortex and new researchers are always trying to do the right thing.