#neuroscience

"The brain focuses on the gap between expectation and reality."

"Decreased alpha power in specific brain regions can indicate increased attentional focus, offering measurable neural evidence of what 'being focused' looks like."

"Willpower is a biological instinct designed to protect us from ourselves."

"Attention works much like a muscle—use it poorly and it can wither; work it well and it grows."

"The neocortex is the organ of intelligence."