Brain, Decision Making, and Mental Health acknowledges that thinking is
not a constant phenomenon but varies considerably across cultures.
Critical thinking is particularly important in bridging thinking
divisions and its applicability across sciences, particularly medical
sciences. We see critical thinking as educable and the arts as means to
achieve this purpose. We address the multidimensional relationship
between thinking and health and related mechanisms. Thinking mainly
affects emotion regulation and executive function; in other words, both
mental and physical health are related as a function of thoughts.
Considering the thinking‐feeling‐emotion regulation/executive function
pathway, it would be reasonable to propose thinking capacities‐based
interventions to impact emotion regulation and executive function, such
as mindfulness and psychotherapy. We review decision-making taking place
in integrated and social contexts and discuss the decision-making
styles-decision outcomes relation. Finally, artificial thinking and
intelligence prepare us for decision-making outside the human mind.