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The title is click-bait as hell and is actively misleading. Damage to prefrontal cortex (PFC) — the region of the brain that's important for emotion regulation
by kashyapc 5y ago
The title is click-bait as hell and is actively misleading.
Damage to prefrontal cortex (PFC) — the region of the brain that's important for emotion regulation, cognition, impulse control, planning, etc — can be very subtle. Visibly, someone with an impaired PFC, or other parts of the brain, might behave "rationally", but emotionally they can be severely broken[0].
This topic of is now abundantly studied by leading neuroscientists such as Antonio Damasio and others. FWIW, here's some references[1][2][3], if you're not actively studying neuroscience.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31037882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31037882
[1] Descartes' Error, by Antonio Damasio
[2] Behave, by Sapolsky
[3] On Task, by David Badre