Patience is a virtue, but it’s also a brain state—what’s going on inside your head when you decide to play the waiting game?
Tag: <span>Prefrontal cortex</span>
What does it take to become aware of something? If recent research conducted with monkeys is anything to go off, the front part of your brain deserves a lot of credit. The prefrontal cortex (PFC)…
In 1848, the 25-year-old Phineas Gage was working on a railroad in Vermont, packing explosive powder into a hole with an iron tamper. Unexpectedly, the powder exploded, sending the tamper backwards through Gage’s skull and…