Prefrontal Cortex

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An area of the brain responsible for directing focus, cognition, and context-specific behavior, which plays a key role in task switching and cognitive flexibility.

Adderall, Stimulants & Modafinil for ADHD: Short- & Long-Term Effects

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The region of the brain behind the forehead, critically important for executive functions like orchestrating attention, suppressing distraction, and enhancing focus.

The Science of Setting & Achieving Goals

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Specifically the lateral prefrontal cortex, involved in executive functions like planning and thinking across different timescales for goal-directed behavior.

Science of Social Bonding in Family, Friendship & Romantic Love

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A brain structure involved in higher consciousness, thinking, planning, and action, responsible for placing subjective labels on experiences and overriding reflexes.

Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear

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An area in the front of the brain involved in 'top-down processing,' allowing individuals to control or suppress reflexes and provide new narratives or meanings to experiences like threat, acting as an inhibitory brake on the threat reflex.

Science of Stress, Testosterone & Free Will | Dr. Robert Sapolsky

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The part of the brain responsible for complex cognitive behaviors, including decision-making, social context, and moral reasoning.

The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body

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A brain region largely responsible for executive functions like planning, decision-making, and emotional regulation.

Biology & Treatments for Compulsive Eating & Behaviors | Dr. Casey Halpern

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A cortical area of the frontal lobe implicated in inhibitory control and often dysregulated in OCD.

How to Increase Motivation & Drive

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The area of the brain behind the forehead responsible for executive functions like decision-making and planning, acting as a 'brake' on the dopamine system.

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The Diary Of A CEO

The front part of the brain responsible for decision-making and impulse control, which is not fully developed until age 25.

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The brain region behind the forehead responsible for rule setting, decision-making, and adapting behavior based on context. Its function can temporarily be reduced in high-stress situations.

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Brain region heavily used for short-term working memory.

Tools to Enhance Working Memory & Attention

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Neural real estate just behind the forehead, especially important for working memory, receiving dopamine projections from the brainstem.