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   • Главная способность сознания, о которой ма...   Inner War. The Power of Our Consciousness Is in Braking. Why is sometimes the most important action not to do something, but to stop? This is the third installment in a series on procrastination and the mechanisms of human behavior. Modern brain research shows that one of the most important functions of consciousness may lie elsewhere entirely—the ability to inhibit automatic impulses. In this video, we explore: — why many of our desires arise automatically — what is "environmental dependency syndrome" — how the basal ganglia initiate habitual actions — what role does the prefrontal cortex play in behavioral control — what is the "inhibitory impulse" and why is it related to discipline — the role of GABA and glutamate in our behavior — how the ability to stop in time influences habits, productivity, and procrastination ________________________________________ Research and materials from the video*: SOURCES • Lhermitte, F. (1983). 'Utilization behavior': the clinical and virtues of an environmental dependency syndrome. Brain, 106(2), 237-255. (François Lhermitte's original study of the behavior of patients with frontal lobe damage). • Libet, B. (1985). Unconscious cerebral initiative and the role of conscious will in voluntary action. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 8(4), 529–566. (Libet's experiment on the readiness potential and the 200-ms "veto window"). • Filevich, E., Kühn, S., & Haggard, P. (2012). Intentional inhibition in human action: The power of ‘no’. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 36(4), 1107–1118. (Patrick Haggard's work on the mechanisms of "Free Won't" and Response Inhibition). • Aron, A. R., Robbins, T. W., & Poldrack, R. A. (2014). Inhibition and the right inferior frontal cortex: one decade on. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18(4), 177–185. (A detailed analysis of the hyperdirect inhibitory pathway through the subthalamic nucleus). • Wessel, J. R., & Aron, A. R. (2017). On the globality of motor inhibition: how it's triggered, how it's executed, and how it affects cognition. Physiology, 32(6), 436–448. (An exploration of the end-to-end mechanisms of GABA inhibition: how motor inhibition strengthens general cognitive control functions). ________________________________________ This is the third installment in the series: "Procrastination, Resistance, and Inaction." In each installment, we examine a different mechanism that influences our decisions, habits, and ability to act. Thank you for your attention. TG: @Artem_admin_WH