# Flexibility # rigidity # set shifting # insistence on sameness # rolling with the punches Ability to be...
The Common Root Problem of Anxiety: A Perspective to Manage
admin, , Helping Parents, amygdala, anxiety, brain, brain function, cognitive, domain, emotion, frustration tolerance, mani pavuluri, medial prefrontal cortex, nervous, prefrontal cortex, reactivity, stress, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, 4anxiety # worry # fear # brain # solution You think of an angry man, frustrated girl, irritated boy,...
Scaffolding Conversations: Verbal Comprehension and Expression
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, Auditory cortex, brain, brain function, child, executive function, learning, mani pavuluri, problem solving, Scaffolding, verbal comprehension, verbal expression, verbal language, 2# Children # Verbal Comprehension # Verbal Expression # Language Use # Parents Scaffolding # Conversation Oh well, lot...
The “It” and Executive Function
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, art of living, brain, child, cognitive, conduct, discipline, domain, executive function, flexibility, forward planning, frustration tolerance, information processing, learning, mani pavuluri, problem solving, stress, 2#Flexibility#Planning#Information-Processing#Problem-Solving One summer, a graduate student from overseas came to work as an extern in my lab. She ran...
Knee Jerk Reaction: Brain’s Non-Reflective Response
admin, , Explaining Brain, adolescent, amygdala, art of living, awareness, bipolar disorder, brain, brain function, child, cognitive, conduct, discipline, emotion, executive function, feeling, frustration tolerance, learning, mani pavuluri, problem solving, stress, teacher, teen, thinking, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, 0Have you heard of the expressions like- oh he has the brain in the knee, knee jerk reaction or...
Feather Dusting Difficult Communication
admin, , Thinking Life, art of living, awareness, brain, cognitive, conduct, emotion, frustration tolerance, kindness, mani pavuluri, marital conflict, marriage counselling, Projective Identification, relationship, resilience, serene, stamina, stress, thinking, vision, 4Say you are really committed in a relationship to someone you adore. You get along quite fine on all...
Brain Wiring: Understanding Children
admin, , Helping Teachers, adolescent, attention, brain, child, cognitive, Emotion Processing, Emotion Recognition, Emotion Regulation, empathy, executive function, flexibility, impulse control, information, mani pavuluri, Motivation, organization, Perspective Taking, Planning, problem solving, Remembering, Response Inhibition, Verbal Memory, working memory, 0Basics first. Children’s brain functions are still developing. There is a wide margin for what is normal and healthy....
Prefrontal Cortex: CEOs of Emotion and Cognition
admin, , Explaining Brain, adolescent, amygdala, bipolar disorder, brain, brain function, child, cognitive, domain, Dorsolateral PFC, emotion, executive function, learning, mani pavuluri, medial prefrontal cortex, Orbitofrontal Cortex, thinking, Ventrolateral PFC, whole brain networks, 2When I think of multiple CEOs of prefrontal cortex (PFC): I think of multiple C level executives of Caterpillar...
Amygdala and Emotions
admin, , Explaining Brain, adolescent, amygdala, bipolar disorder, brain, brain function, child, cognitive, domain, emotion, feeling, frustration tolerance, learning, mani pavuluri, stress, teen, 2I was delivering a speech in University of Athens, Athens, Greece. I was describing that amygdala is the size...
Impulse Control and Emotion Regulation are Linked
admin, , Explaining Brain, attention, brain, brain function, cognition, dlpfc, domain, emotion, impulse control, mani pavuluri, Response Inhibition, vlpfc, 2Very often, emotion regulation is interlinked with impulse control. The VLPFC region of the brain (Ventral=lower, Lateral=side, prefrontal=at the...