Emotion, Drive and Control · Brain
Restraint is an active process, and it can be depleted.
The alarm system is fast and the wanting system is loud. Something has to weigh them against your longer-term intentions and, often, override both. That's the front of your frontal lobe.
There's more: restraint is an active process, and it can be depleted. The full explanation — and the interactive version you can tap and quiz yourself on — lives in the app.
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