Why You Repeat Bad Decisions | MindLAB Neuroscience
Corticostriatal Hijacking — How Your Brain’s Action Repetition System Locks In Self-Defeating Behavior Why do I keep making the same bad decisions even when I know better? Your brain runs two distinct dopamine learning systems. One updates value from outcomes; the other reinforces any repeated action regardless of outcome. The second one — Action Prediction Error — is why insight alone never breaks the loop. ...
