The Medial Prefrontal Cortex

Send us a textThis episode continues a series on the prefrontal cortex, a complex region of the brain that gives us the ability to have the kinds of thoughts no other species on earth is known to have. The medial (or mesial) prefrontal cortex is especially important for emotional and autonomic regulation, attention and goal-directed behaviors (including addiction), and building our sense of self (that is our identity as a thing separate from the world around us), and considering salien...

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A resource for psychiatrists and other medical or behavioral health professionals interested in exploring the neuroscientific basis of psychiatric disorders, psychopharmacology, neuromodulation, and other psychiatric interventions, as well as discussions of pseudoscience, Bayesian reasoning, ethics, the history of psychiatry, and human psychology in general.This podcast is not medical advice.  It strives to be science communication.  Dr. O'Leary is a skeptical thinker who often questions what we think we know.  He hopes to open more conversations about what we don't know we don't know.Find transcripts with show-notes and references on each episodes dedicated page at psydactic.buzzsprout.com.You can leave feedback at https://www.psydactic.com.The visual companions, when available, can be found at https://youtube.com/@PsyDactic.