“Scientists have learned that animals that experience prolonged stress have less activity in the parts of their brain that handle higher-order tasks – for example, the prefrontal cortex – and more activity in the primitive parts of their brain that are focused on survival, such as the amygdala.”

“Scientists have learned that animals that experience prolonged stress have less activity in the parts of their brain that handle higher-order tasks – for example, the prefrontal cortex – and more activity in the primitive parts of their brain that are focused on survival, such as the amygdala.”

— Jim Kwik