Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Impulsitivy linked to specific region of the brain


This article  and the orginal research in the Oxford Journal suggests that the right ventromedial prefrontal cortex has less volumn in impulsive boys.  Could it be that we build neuronal pathways, build volumn, in the right ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)  during IM, and could that be the reason why many IM students see gains in impulsivity after IM training? The Anterior Cygulate Cortex (ACC) and the amygdala also seem to be a piece of the puzzle too.