James,
Long term gains are getting rewarding while mind visualizes potential
results of the actions.
In your example mind visualizes healthy mouth. Healthy mouth is
associated with good reward already. So, mind just associates
"flossing" with good reward, because "flossing" is the cause
for healthy mouse.
How do we know that "flossing" is the cause for healthy mouth?
--- We learn from other people (hygienists) about it.
> Another harder one I saw the other day, is long term gains, which
> seem to be much harder to visualize.
> Take for instance flossing your teeth, it hurts sometimes, and
> could make your mouth bleed, not really the most pleasant task, but
> down the road you get the benefit of having a healthy mouth. But
> how do we know to look that far down the road, and how to we
> represent this tradeoff nicely.
> James Ratcliff
>> How do you know that we don't get direct rewards on solving crossword
>> puzzles (or any other mental task)?
>> Chances are that under certain mental condition ("achievement state"),
>> brain produces some form of pleasure signal.
>> If there is no such reward, then what's your explanation why people
>> like to solve crossword puzzles?
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