Neuroscientists have successfully used a new type of brain stimulation to act on a mental braking system located in the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain above the eyes.
The study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, gave participants a simple test of self-control (Wessel et al., 2013).
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One of the study’s authors, Nitin Tandon, M.D., explained:
“There is a circuit in the brain for inhibiting or braking responses. We believe we are the first to show that we can enhance...
