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Knowledge Under Pressure
On Heart Rate Variability and Counterfactual Thinking
Hello! Here is what we’ve built, what we’ve been taking in, and what we are thinking about at The Emergency Mind Project.
If you have ideas or things you’d like to see — or if you want to help and get more involved — I’d love to hear from you: dan@emergencymind.com
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Episode 55: Dr. Melissa Joseph on HRV, Stress, and Simulation
Emergency doctor Melissa Joseph, MD, on heart rate variability, training for stress through simulation, the power of introspection, cross-disciplinary stress training, and much more.
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The Psychology Behind Winning Bronze and Losing Gold
Interesting article from psychologist and deep thinker Dr. Michael Gervais exploring counterfactual thinking — essentially imagining other ways things could have played out — and the leverage it has in framing how we process an event. Depending on how we use it, counterfactual thinking could help us learn from an emergency and devise new strategies to improve for the future, or it can suck us into a hole of “If only I did XYZ.” Definitely worth reading this article and thinking through Gervais’ approaches to reframing how we think after an event.
