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Prefrontal cortex is involved in adapting our emotional response to setbacks. While we feel that some setbacks are controllable, others are not. Here, Bhanji and Delgado (2014) reveal the neural substrates of persistence in the face of controllable and uncontrollable setbacks. Prefrontal cortex is i...

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Published in:Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2014-09, Vol.83 (6), p.1227-1228
Main Authors: Whalen, Paul J., Kelley, William M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adaptation, Psychological - physiology
Behavior
Brain research
Choice Behavior - physiology
Emotions - physiology
Female
Humans
Male
Personality - physiology
Prefrontal Cortex - physiology
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Summary:Prefrontal cortex is involved in adapting our emotional response to setbacks. While we feel that some setbacks are controllable, others are not. Here, Bhanji and Delgado (2014) reveal the neural substrates of persistence in the face of controllable and uncontrollable setbacks. Prefrontal cortex is involved in adapting our emotional response to setbacks. While we feel that some setbacks are controllable, others are not. Here, Bhanji and Delgado (2014) reveal the neural substrates of persistence in the face of controllable and uncontrollable setbacks.
ISSN:0896-6273
1097-4199
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.09.002