One sleepless night raises amygdala reactivity about 60 percent and severs its prefrontal brake, leaving emotion unregulated. See how sleep...
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Emotional Dysregulation
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Sleep & Circadian Optimization
Sleep & Circadian Optimization
During REM the locus coeruleus goes quiet, letting the amygdala reprocess the day's emotional memories without their original stress charge....
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Stress & Nervous System Regulation
Emotional flooding is an autonomic shutdown, not weakness. See how the vagus nerve and amygdala hijack the brain, and how...
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Cognitive Architecture
Rumination is the default mode network looping on the self. See why the brain replays emotional events, and how the...
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Cognitive Architecture
Emotional granularity is the neural capacity for precise feelings, a structural feature of the inferior frontal cortex, not just vocabulary.
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