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2024-04-01 19:01:10

people don't know this but there's a brain structure
called the anterior mid cingulate cortex when people do anything that they and this is the important part that they don't want to do yes this brain area gets bigger now here's what's especially interesting about this brain area to me the answer mid cingulate cortex is smaller and obese people it gets bigger when they diet
it's larger and athletes
it's especially large or grows larger in people that see themselves as challenging overcome some challenge
and in people that live a very long time this area
keeps its size in many ways scientists are starting to think of the enter mid cingulate cortex not just as one of the seats of willpower
but perhaps
actually the seat of the will to live
whoa
this is interesting and all the data points of the fact that we can build this area up
but that as quickly as we build it up
if we don't continue to invest in things that are hard for us that we don't want to do like if you love the ice bath yeah i love the ice bed you'd go from one minute to ten minutes guess what you're intermixing ulit cortex did not grow
but if you hate the cold water
if you're
afraid of drowning and you get into water and put your head under
and survive then the answer mid cingulate cortex gets bigger
but if you don't do it the next day
or if you do it the next day and you enjoy it because they hey i did it yesterday woo
guess what the answer mid cingulate cortex shrinks again