{"id":3642,"date":"2014-02-24T12:27:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T19:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i81.a52.mywebsitetransfer.com\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2014-02-24T12:27:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T19:27:14","slug":"the-science-of-making-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/?p=3642","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Making Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dxAIO_SLqsI\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3646\" title=\"scienceofmakingchoices\" src=\"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/scienceofmakingchoices-300x182.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/scienceofmakingchoices-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/scienceofmakingchoices-150x91.png 150w, https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/scienceofmakingchoices.png 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>February 24, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What happens in your body when you choose to go right or left? \u00a0What makes your decisions? your Self? 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