Connection between Reason and Feeling

For a great example of the connection between reason and feeling, we can look at professional football. No football player has to make more split-second decisions than a pro quarterback (QB). In virtually every play, the QB has about three seconds to make a staggering number of calculations while a bunch of competitors try to pound him into the turf. Where is the most dangerous defender coming from? Where are my receivers? Who can I safely throw a pass to? For many years, football coaches thought that a QB’s decision making was based on the quality of his logical calculations. Before signing with an NFL team, most QBs had to take a specialized algebra test to assess their computational skills. Eventually, however, coaches realized that the best QBs weren’t necessarily the ones who scored highest on the math test; rather, something beyond algebra was shaping the QB’s decision making.