Prefrontal cortex
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Brain

The Role of the Prefrontal Cortex in Executive Functioning 

We make hundreds of decisions every day. Some are minor, like choosing what to eat for lunch, and others are more complex, like resolving a disagreement or planning next week’s schedule. We shift from one task to another, stay focused through interruptions, hold information in mind while working through a problem, and stop ourselves from

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Biopsychology Neurons

Synaptic Transmission: How Information Travels in the Brain

Imagine your brain as a bustling city, with its roads and highways linking its many regions, neurons in this case. The ‘traffic’ within this city does not move chaotically, instead, it follows specific pathways, finds quick routes, and builds new ones when necessary. Streams of electric activity move through the highways and byways of clusters

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