“We process emotionally salient information more rapidly and automatically, but with less accuracy. Frontal function—working memory, impulse control, executive decision making, risk assessment, and task shifting—is impaired, and the frontal cortex has less control over the amygdala. And we become… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Children who plan their own goals, set weekly schedules, evaluate their own work build up their frontal cortex and take more control over their lives. — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
