Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · chapter 1 · id poor-charlies-almanack-c1-06-mungers-stress-influence-tende

“Munger's 'Stress-Influence Tendency' claims that heavy stress degrades decision-making quality, which he links to Pavlov's observation that stressed dogs lost their conditioned responses.”

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Starcke & Brand, 'Decision Making Under Stress,' Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2012)DOI registry: valid

Acute stress impairs decision making in complex tasks but effects are moderated by stress type, intensity, and individual differences. Not all stress impairs all decisions.

Lighthall et al., 'Gender Differences in Reward-Related Decision Processing Under Stress,' Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience (2009)FLAGGED: DOI not in registry

Under stress, men became more risk-seeking while women became more risk-averse, suggesting stress does not uniformly degrade decisions but shifts risk preferences.

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