2023-10-24 06:00:00
PSYCHOLOGY – Knowing that a behavior is risky is good. But it’s far from enough to convince our brain to know how to give it up!
Tobacco, alcohol, junk food, sedentary lifestyle… It’s difficult to continue to ignore the risks these behaviors carry, and even doctors, who are supposed to be the best informed, are not necessarily models when it comes to healthy living. Proof that adopting healthy behaviors is not that simple… Why? “Le Figaro” tried to see things more clearly…
« Between a distant and random reward (being healthy later) and an intense and immediate reward, our brain prefers the present », indicates Dr Bernard Anselem, doctor and author of These emotions that lead us (ed. Alpen). Professor Marc Vérin, neurologist at Pontchaillou University Hospital in Rennes and president of the Institute of Clinical Neurosciences in Rennes, confirms: “ The very powerful reward circuit takes precedence over reasoning, unless there is a real voluntary effort. The simple act of lighting a cigarette for a smoker (or pouring a glass of alcohol for a drinker, etc.)…
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