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Chain analysis -- a handy tool for positive behavioural change

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Voila! Nailed it! How many times have we felt a sense of accomplishment and pride for pulling off a tough project, after leveraging our problem-solving skills in achieving our goal? Oh…! the pleasant feeling of relief and peace, especially, if the problem had seemed insurmountable and an exasperating one, to begin with. After struggling with the problem for quite some time, juggling with many choices, an insightful thought or idea would have given us a novel strategy to combine the known with the unknown and weave together a creative solution.   We have learned many new skills in resolving everyday problems through such complex behavioural tasks. Neuroscience findings reveal that new neural networks are forged in our brains, whenever we carry out such elaborate behaviours to creatively solve our hassles. After many such incidents new habits are formed and neuronal connections are etched in our brains.  On the other hand, when we fail to engage our logical reason-gifted ...