@Atul_Gawande @nytimes some research suggests that exercise and moderate alcohol consumption can lead to pre frontal cortex hypertrophy!
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@Atul_Gawande And that’s why we need to meditate - it thickens the pre-frontal cortex. Nice! : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc1361002/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Atul, thanks for ruining my day.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes Not the prefrontal cortex!!!....That's just cruel.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes Also related to loss of inhibition, ability to control social behaviors... Explains a lot. -
@dreskim@Atul_Gawande@nytimes Do you mean "senile satirism" and whatnot? -
@JonJacobs9@atul_gawande@nytimes call it what you will. The symptoms fall under a number of names and titles.
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes And that same loss of prefrontal cortex is the reason older people make poor financial decisions. -
@CarolynMcC probably poor medical decisions as well? -
@davisliumd most likely although I haven't seen studies to that effect.
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@Atul_Gawande Dr. Gawande, you know I love and respect you..but, can you tweet something moderately cheerful please?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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