Can We Leverage Our 'PREFRONTAL CORTEX'?

 

Earlier today, I was listening to Doc Alvin, one of the more popular doctors on social media and whose thread today veered towards the correlation between our brain's REWARDS SYSTEM and our less popular PREFRONTAL CORTEX.  Right after watching him, I quickly 'googled' to differentiate our REWARDS SYSTEM versus our PREFRONTAL CORTEX, which all the while, I [wrongly] thought there is NO need to differentiate it at all👽👻👿

Frankly, WHAT is right versus WHAT is wrong goes way beyond just the legalese train of thought.  And this is HOW many of us do get caught up.  Just as things seem legal, more often than NOT, we are inclined to believe that by default, those 'seemingly legal' act OR deed aligns with moral and ethical principles as well.  So, WHAT's inherently wrong, even if they are common in a particular group OR society, it may NOT be aligned with morals and ethics💚💛💜

WHICH brings me to the indemic 'CORRUPTION' issue engulfing many countries, be it in Eastern Europe, Middle East OR Asia.  BUT as I consider it 'sub judice' to openly discuss things as in some countries, these CORRUPTION cases are now going through the legalese grinders, this just brings me back to the question WHICH I myself I CAN'T answer now:  HOW and WHY have we NOT leverage enough our brain's PREFRONTAL CORTEX???

To align with medical jargons, they tell us that our brain's REWARDS SYSTEM is a network of regions and pathways that drives HOW we feel pleasure, form habits and motivate behavior.  And it works by releasing those chemicals a.k.a. DOPAMINE, in response to rewarding activities, WHETHER it's eating, socializing OR even simply achieving a goal and that mechanism reinforces our behaviors that are beneficial by making us FEEL GOOD WHEN we do them✅✅✅

Our takeaway:  Without getting bogged down with all the medical jargons, WHAT still befuddles ME as to WHY some of us easily succumb to the endless allure of our REWARDS SYSTEM?  BUT the huge miss for us is leveraging on the functions of our PREFRONTAL CORTEX as it should redirect us to WHAT is morally and ethically upright.  NOW, this tends me to be idealistic WHEN I realize NOW that it's NOT a BIG ASK for us to still run a tight ship WHILE running that balancing act between our REWARDS SYSTEM and the PREFRONTAL CORTEX😋😋😋