Thursday, December 5, 2013

Electrical brain stimulation may evoke a person's 'will to persevere'

Is your doctor going to do something like this for you or give you negative comments on your ability to recover? Like nocebo.
http://www.sciencecodex.com/electrical_brain_stimulation_may_evoke_a_persons_will_to_persevere-124277
What gives some people the ability to persevere through difficult situations that others may find insurmountable? The answer is no doubt a complicated one that may be beyond our full understanding, but new research publishing online Dec. 5 in the Cell Press journal Neuron provides some intriguing insights. The study pinpoints a region of the brain that, when stimulated, causes an individual to anticipate a challenge and possess a strong motivation to overcome it.

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