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Clinical trialNeurobiologist Arnsten says working memory involves neurons - brain cells - in a highly-evolved area of the brain called the pre-frontal cortex.

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There are a number of research papers showing that, for example, maltreated children have, already in childhood, abnormalities in the pre-frontal cortex that may have an impact on their neuropsychological function, especially executive function, things like sustained attention or regulating emotions, said Danese.

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If you want to get really reductionistic, perhaps the pre-frontal cortex, the part of the brain associated with so-called executive functioning e.g., determining good from bad, planning, recognizing future consequences, predicting outcomes, and the ability to suppress socially inappropriate behavior, never fully developed in these paragons of ill-informed decision making.

Dr. Jim Taylor: Bad Decision Making 2.0 Dr. Jim Taylor 2011

If you want to get really reductionistic, perhaps the pre-frontal cortex, the part of the brain associated with so-called executive functioning e.g., determining good from bad, planning, recognizing future consequences, predicting outcomes, and the ability to suppress socially inappropriate behavior, never fully developed in these paragons of ill-informed decision making.

Dr. Jim Taylor: Bad Decision Making 2.0 Dr. Jim Taylor 2011

Because there is no pre-frontal cortex below the belts of men.

Dr. Jim Taylor: Bad Decision Making 2.0 Dr. Jim Taylor 2011

Such powerful emotional responses overwhelm the functioning of the frontal lobes and pre-frontal cortext, regions of the brain associated with our inborn capacity for judgment, rational problem-solving, flexibility, and the capacity for organized thinking.

Douglas LaBier: What Are the Emotional Drivers of Our National Unraveling? Douglas LaBier 2011

Such powerful emotional responses overwhelm the functioning of the frontal lobes and pre-frontal cortext, regions of the brain associated with our inborn capacity for judgment, rational problem-solving, flexibility, and the capacity for organized thinking.

Douglas LaBier: What Are the Emotional Drivers of Our National Unraveling? Douglas LaBier 2011

That means she must learn to engage her pre-frontal cortex.

Tish Jennings: The Missing Dimension of the Education Debate Tish Jennings 2011

Such powerful emotional responses overwhelm the functioning of the frontal lobes and pre-frontal cortext, regions of the brain associated with our inborn capacity for judgment, rational problem-solving, flexibility, and the capacity for organized thinking.

Douglas LaBier: What Are the Emotional Drivers of Our National Unraveling? Douglas LaBier 2011

That means she must learn to engage her pre-frontal cortex.

Tish Jennings: The Missing Dimension of the Education Debate Tish Jennings 2011