Anger strikes too quickly for cognitive control, boiling over before the rational brain can stop it.

愤怒情绪的袭来比我们开始行使认知控制还要快，因此，在我们理性的大脑阻止前，我们已经开始发怒了。

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Your mammalian brain runs on subconscious cues, that is, behavioral signals that bypass your rational brain and trigger gut responses.

你的哺乳动物大脑依靠潜意识的提示而运作，这种提示发出的行动信号能绕开你的理性大脑，并激发起你的内体反应。

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When picking out a couch, we can trust our emotions, but we should rely on the rational brain when scrutinizing the fine print of a mortgage.

在我们挑选沙发的时候，可以信任自己的情绪，但是，在分析一笔按揭贷款时，我们应该依靠的是理智头脑。

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It is our rational brain.

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The rational response to the injection of brain waves into Madison Avenue is that it will neither revolutionize marketing nor make us consumer slaves.

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Traditional education stresses tests and punishments, two things that Mitra said causes the brain to shut down its rational processes and surrender to fear.

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