Comments on: Pacman-like game shows how the best-laid plans give way to instinct as danger approaches http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/22/pacman-like-game-shows-how-the-best-laid-plans-give-way-to-instinct-as-danger-approaches/ Dive into the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science news with award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required. Sat, 26 May 2012 10:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nathan Myers http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/22/pacman-like-game-shows-how-the-best-laid-plans-give-way-to-instinct-as-danger-approaches/comment-page-1/#comment-4794 Nathan Myers Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:22:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/22/pacman-like-game-shows-how-the-best-laid-plans-give-way-to-instinct-as-danger-approaches/#comment-4794 I like that word "cortext". We need a compelling definition for it, so it will stick. I like that word “cortext”. We need a compelling definition for it, so it will stick.

]]> By: Lilian Nattel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/22/pacman-like-game-shows-how-the-best-laid-plans-give-way-to-instinct-as-danger-approaches/comment-page-1/#comment-4793 Lilian Nattel Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:53:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/22/pacman-like-game-shows-how-the-best-laid-plans-give-way-to-instinct-as-danger-approaches/#comment-4793 Isn't that the essence of PTSD? The former threat which was real and immediate gets locked in so that it never recedes and anything reminiscent of it triggers the same immediacy. And therapy for it aims to bring back the prefrontal cortext function. Isn’t that the essence of PTSD? The former threat which was real and immediate gets locked in so that it never recedes and anything reminiscent of it triggers the same immediacy. And therapy for it aims to bring back the prefrontal cortext function.

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