In a tense budget review, an executive told me she watched herself agree to three conflicting priorities in under a minute. “I could hear yes leaving my mouth,” she recalled, “and I knew it wasn’t a ...
That mental merry-go-round of “what ifs” and “should haves” isn’t just annoying. It’s actually rewiring your brain as you read this sentence. Overthinking – that relentless mental chewing on problems ...
With the most wonderful — and for some, the most stressful — time of year underway, a University of Iowa researcher is ...
You're heart's pounding. Your muscles are tense. Your face feels like it's on fire. In other words, you're angry! We all know what anger feels like in our bodies, but what's really going on in our ...
Vol. 89, No. 3, SPECIAL SECTION: The Developing Brain: Evidence for Plasticity During Childhood and Adolescence (MAY/JUNE 2018), pp. 773-783 (11 pages) The development of cognitive control during ...
Neuronal sequences in the medial prefrontal cortex of the brain encode critical information associated with a procedural rule. These sequences can be explored and leveraged as novel biomarkers for ...
MRI image of human cerebral cortex with stereotaxic localization of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Source: Rberlow/Wikimedia Commons Researchers in the UK have discovered that using ...
Ever had one of those days when your brain feels like it’s running on fumes? Your thoughts are foggy, your concentration is shot, and your mind keeps spinning in unproductive circles. Traditional ...