Principlev1PR-231
Implement a minimum one-hour delay between encountering…
Implement a minimum one-hour delay between encountering emotionally provocative information and evaluating or acting on it, because hot-state judgments systematically differ from cold-state judgments in ways that degrade decision quality.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Emotion as Systematic Cognitive Modulator (emotional states distort judgment), The prefrontal cortex requires time to override limbic… (prefrontal cortex requires time), and Conscious Processing Is Metabolically Expensive (conscious deliberation is costly). This is a temporal buffering principle that exploits the time-dependence of emotional influence on cognition.