Principlev1
Protect strategic decision-making capacity during acute
Protect strategic decision-making capacity during acute stress by delaying consequential choices until cortisol-driven judgment degradation subsides.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (finite cognitive resources under stress), Subcortical Fast-Pathway Threat Processing (fast amygdala response), and Emotional Hijacking of Judgment (emotional evaluation distortion). Prescriptive principle about WHEN to decide during adversity. General across crisis contexts.