It's less about mitigating the effects of emotional responses and more that, people are habituated to react emotionally rather than responding. To respond, you

It's less about mitigating the effects of emotional responses and more that, people are habituated to react emotionally rather than responding. To respond, you have to be fully present and mindful of the emotions as they arise -- too really feel the emotion -- without becoming consumed by them. That may or may not have anything to do with the prefrontal cortex.