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 There's a part of the brain where

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emotions are processed.

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And if that part of the brain has damage,

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people can't decide at all.

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It's the ventro-medial pre-frontal cortex (vmPFC).

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And sometimes this part of the brain is not working

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because of perhaps disease or injury.

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And when that happens, people don't feel emotions;
they just don't feel anything emotionally.

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And interestingly, when that happens, they also can't make any decisions,

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like not even deciding what they want for dinner.

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So, we know that there's a *connection between feelings and decision making*.