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EPISODE · Mar 26, 2026 · 16 MIN

#001 - Your Emotions are the Real Battlefield

from The Cognitive Defense Brief · host Jonathan Nelson

This episode explores what happens in the critical moment when emotionally charged content hijacks attention before clear thinking has a chance to engage. It examines how fear, anger, and physiological arousal can distort judgment in the digital environment, and why learning to regulate that response is a core skill of cognitive defense. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonnelson55.substack.com

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