Dr. Daniel Amen: ON Training Your Brain for Optimal Performance
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
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The Effects of Meditation on the Brain
The prefrontal cortex is responsible for making humans human and allows for focus, judgement, planning and learning from mistakes/nHumans survive because they can plan for the future, not just the present/nDamage to the prefrontal cortex results in being stuck in the present/nBeing in the power of now is not always beneficial, as humans need to be able to think about the future too/nMany people are too focussed on feeling better now, rather than thinking about their long-term mental health.
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