Abstract

BEHAVIOURAL BLOCKADE: THE BRAIN OFTEN PREVENTS US FROM LEARNING FROM PAST MISTAKES

Deepthi Kandula*, Nissi Pallikonda, Bhumika Chowdary Mulpuri, Hima Varshini Bellamkonda, Bhavani Bolla and Padmalatha Kantamaneni

ABSTRACT

Neuroscientists discovered that the brain is flexible and capable of adapting to the needs of its environment via a process known as plasticity. This includes creating and strengthening certain neural connections while weakening or eliminating others. Adaptation is determined by the type of learning that occurs, with long-term learning being more flexible. Despite progress in understanding the nervoussystem over the decades, neuroscientists still do not fully understandthe functioning and behaviour of the human brain. This review focuseson the effects of confirmatory bias, familiarity bias, mistake pathways,and ego effects on human behaviour and repeating behavioural errors.This article also briefs on how cognitive control could reverse heuristicsho rtcuts. Biological and cultural factors shape the brain's behaviourthrough race specific heuristic shortcuts. Evidence from psychologyshows that the brain often prevents us from learning from pastmistakes in behaviour, but from making life threatening m istakes liketouching a fire or using a knife without proper protection, this isbecause of the brain's ability to pose a threat response fro m the past oracquired memory. The researchers identified 2 brain regions with selferror monitoringneurons, or ar eas in the brain that monitor errors. These regions are located in the frontal cortex, where the brain processes refocusing and learns from mistakes. Extensive neuroscience research is required to understand how the human brain works and to prevent errors in human behaviour through medical interventions, which could lead to a new revolution in neurology.

Keywords: Brain and Behaviour, Neuroscience, Human behaviour, Cognitive control, Confirmation bias, Ego effect, Familiarity bias, Gut instinct, Decision m aking.