White Board Series (Audio): White Board Series: Internal Calculators (Pt. 4): Why You Persist or Quit?

Podcast: From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism · Ryan Sumner

Opublikowano: 2026-04-05

Video: https://youtu.be/dUfl7hoxTQI This episode breaks down why change feels so hard and why we often quit, avoid, or fall back into the same habits even when we know better. Building on the internal calculator framework, it shows how the brain is constantly weighing reward, cost, uncertainty, and control to decide whether to persist or disengage. Anxiety isn’t just emotional—it’s a signal that cost and uncertainty are rising, pushing the system toward avoidance. You’ll see how dopamine, norepinephrine, and deeper biological processes shape effort, quitting, and habit formation, and why...