Clinical Psychopathologist and Neurofeedback Consultant, assessing and treating anomalous subjective experience and its relationship to nervous system dysregulation and optimal neuro cognitive functionality
What is self regulation and might it be enabled? Neuroscientific research has revealed that the prefrontal cortex plays a central role in self-regulation, specifically by exerting top-down control over subcortical regions involved in reward (e.g., striatum) and emotion (e.g., amygdala) Self-regulation refers to the conscious and non-conscious processes that enable individuals to guide their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a purposeful manner. Self-regulation is crucial for goal-directed behavior and has been related to many consequential outcomes in life including physical and mental health, psychological well-being, ethical decision making, and strong interpersonal relationships. How can we improve self-regulatory abilities? One answer is by stimulating the brain with electrical current. Self-regulation is typically assessed with laboratory analogs of common challenges encountered in daily life, such as persisting at difficult tasks, choosing between immediate versus more delayed rewards, and managing emotional impulses. These examples represent paradigmatic forms of self-regulation, namely persistence, or the sustained performance of aversive behavior (e.g., tolerating pain, coping with failure); delay behaviour, which refers to choices that favor more long-term investments at the expense of short-term gains; and impulse control, which involves the purposeful inhibition of emotive response tendencies. Ref https://lnkd.in/e2rFGbFW).