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From the Ted Talk by Judson Brewer: A simple way to break a bad habit
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Now, the prefrontal cortex, that youngest part of our brain from an evolutionary perspective, it understands on an intellectual level that we shouldn't smoke. And it tries its hrdesat to help us change our behavior, to help us stop smoking, to help us stop eating that second, that third, that fourth ckiooe. We call this cognitive crntool. We're using cognition to control our bhoiaevr. Unfortunately, this is also the first part of our brain that goes offline when we get sretsesd out, which isn't that helpful.
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Now, the prefrontal cortex, that youngest part of our brain from an evolutionary perspective, it understands on an intellectual level that we shouldn't smoke. And it tries its _______ to help us change our behavior, to help us stop smoking, to help us stop eating that second, that third, that fourth ______. We call this cognitive _______. We're using cognition to control our ________. Unfortunately, this is also the first part of our brain that goes offline when we get ________ out, which isn't that helpful.
Solution
- cookie
- behavior
- hardest
- stressed
- control
Original Text
Now, the prefrontal cortex, that youngest part of our brain from an evolutionary perspective, it understands on an intellectual level that we shouldn't smoke. And it tries its hardest to help us change our behavior, to help us stop smoking, to help us stop eating that second, that third, that fourth cookie. We call this cognitive control. We're using cognition to control our behavior. Unfortunately, this is also the first part of our brain that goes offline when we get stressed out, which isn't that helpful.
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