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Limbic-System

How ’sleeping on it’ can help the prefrontal cortex regulate emotional responses, making us feel better in the morning

May 26, 2022 by The Conversation

Instead of lying awake wor­ry­ing, we’re often told to “sleep on it” when mak­ing deci­sions both big and small. And there’s actu­al­ly a sci­en­tif­ic basis for this advice. Sleep can influ­ence our response to emo­tion­al sit­u­a­tions, and helps us to man­age our men­tal health.

To under­stand why sleep and emo­tions are so con­nect­ed, it’s impor­tant to first under­stand what hap­pens in the brain when we encounter some­thing emo­tive. [Read more…] about How ’sleep­ing on it’ can help the pre­frontal cor­tex reg­u­late emo­tion­al respons­es, mak­ing us feel bet­ter in the morning

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: anxiety, brain, depression, Limbic-System, mental health, prefrontal-cortex, sleep on it, Stress

The frontal lobes, the little brain down under and “Stayin’ Alive” (3/3)

April 9, 2020 by Dr. Jerome Schultz

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[Editor’s note: Con­tin­ued from Explor­ing the human brain and how it responds to stress (1/3) and On World Health Day 2020, let’s dis­cuss the stress response and the Gen­er­al Adap­ta­tion Syn­drome (2/3)]

More on the Cor­tex, the Lim­bic Sys­tem, and Stress:

The cor­tex is made up of four major sec­tions, arranged from the front to the back. These are called the frontal, pari­etal, occip­i­tal, and tem­po­ral lobes. Each of the four lobes is found in both hemi­spheres, and each is respon­si­ble for dif­fer­ent, spe­cial­ized cog­ni­tive func­tions. For exam­ple, the occip­i­tal lobe con­tains the pri­ma­ry visu­al cor­tex, and the tem­po­ral lobe (locat­ed by the tem­ples, and close to the ears) con­tains the pri­ma­ry audi­to­ry cortex.

The frontal lobes are posi­tioned at the front most region of the cere­bral cor­tex and are involved in move­ment, deci­sion mak­ing, prob­lem solv­ing, and plan­ning. There are [Read more…] about The frontal lobes, the lit­tle brain down under and “Stayin’ Alive” (3/3)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance Tagged With: amygdala, brain, Cerebral Cortex, cognition, Cognitive-functions, cortex, emotion, frontal-lobes, Limbic-System, prefrontal-cortex

Studies suggest we better train the mind as we train the body: with cross-training and in good company

October 27, 2017 by SharpBrains

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Dif­fer­ent med­i­ta­tion types train dis­tinct parts of your brain (New Scientist):

“We are used to hear­ing that med­i­ta­tion is good for the brain, but now it seems that not just any kind of med­i­ta­tion will do. Just like phys­i­cal exer­cise, the kind of improve­ments you get depends on exact­ly how you train – and most of us are doing it all wrong [Read more…] about Stud­ies sug­gest we bet­ter train the mind as we train the body: with cross-train­ing and in good company

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: brain, chronic-stress, Cortisol, Limbic-System, meditation, mindfulness, mindfulness-meditation, neuroscientific, prefrontal-cortex, stress hormone

Should Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (not antidepressant drugs) be the first-line treatment for depression?

November 14, 2014 by SharpBrains

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Depres­sion: A change of mind (Nature):

“Cog­ni­tive ther­a­py, com­mon­ly known as cog­ni­tive behav­iour­al ther­a­py (CBT), aims to help peo­ple to iden­ti­fy and change neg­a­tive, self-destruc­tive thought pat­terns. And although it does not work for every­one with depres­sion, data have been accu­mu­lat­ing in its favour. “CBT is one of the clear suc­cess sto­ries in psy­chother­a­py,” says Ste­fan Hof­mann, a psy­chol­o­gist at Boston Uni­ver­si­ty in Massachusetts…

Anti­de­pres­sant drugs are usu­al­ly the first-line treat­ment for depres­sion. [Read more…] about Should Cog­ni­tive Behav­iour­al Ther­a­py (not anti­de­pres­sant drugs) be the first-line treat­ment for depression?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: amygdala, antidepressant, antidepressant drugs, cognitive behavioural therapy, cognitive-therapy, depression, Limbic-System, prefrontal-cortex, Psychotherapy, treatment for depression

Your Trading Brain: Expert or Novice

June 5, 2008 by Alvaro Fernandez

We had the for­tune to inter­view Dr. Brett Steen­barg­er on Enhanc­ing Trad­er Per­for­mance and The Psy­chol­o­gy of Trad­ing as we launched our Neu­ro­science Inter­view Series.

Below, Expert Con­trib­u­tor Dr. Jan­ice Dorn pro­vides an in-depth brain-based dis­cus­sion of the top­ic, con­clud­ing that “The brain is the most pow­er­ful struc­ture in the known uni­verse and the only trad­ing tool that the trad­er needs to become an expert.”

No mat­ter whether you are a Pro or Ama­teur Trader…this will cer­tain­ly exer­cise your brain! (Dr. Dorn is prepar­ing more arti­cles on trad­ing per­for­mance and the brain…so stay tuned).

This is Your Brain On Trading

– By Dr. Jan­ice Dorn

The open­ing bell sounds, and six­ty mil­lion traders enter the great­est are­na in the world to do bat­tle with each oth­er. They put their mon­ey, beliefs and skills on the line as they make deci­sions to buy and sell. Wel­come to the finan­cial mar­kets where bil­lions of dol­lars are won and lost every day. Volatil­i­ty com­pels all to engage their brains in the con­tin­u­ous process of deci­sion mak­ing. What sep­a­rates the win­ning from los­ing traders is the way they use their most pow­er­ful trad­ing tool—the human brain.

[Read more…] about Your Trad­ing Brain: Expert or Novice

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance Tagged With: affective-dissonance, amygdala, brain, brett-steenbarger, cognitive-dissonance, expert-trader, expertise, fMRI, Janice-Dorn, Learning, Limbic-System, memory, neocortex, neurobehavioral, neuroimaging, Neurons, Neuropsychology, novice-trader, synapses, trader-performance, trading, trading-brain, Trading-psychology, train-your-brain

Use It or Lose It, and Cells that Fire together Wire together

November 25, 2007 by Alvaro Fernandez

Every­one has heard of “Use It or Lose It.” Now…what is “It”?

Last week I gave a talk at the Ital­ian Con­sulate in San Fran­cis­co, and one of the areas atten­dees seemed to enjoy the most was learn­ing about what our brains are and how they work, peak­ing into the “black box” of our minds. With­out under­stand­ing a few basics, how can we make good deci­sions about brain health?

At a quick glance:, the brain is com­posed of 3 “brains” or main sub-sys­tems, each named after the evo­lu­tion­ary moment in which the sub-sys­tem is believed to have appeared. [Read more…] about Use It or Lose It, and Cells that Fire togeth­er Wire together

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: brain, brain-exercise, Brain-Fitness, Brain-health, cells-that-fire-together-wire-together, cognitive-interventions, Emotions, evolution, frontal-lobes, Limbic-System, Mammalian-Brain, memory, mental-stimulation, mind, neocortex, neuroimaging, Neurons, planning, synapses, Use-It-or-Lose-It

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