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How stress destroys higher cognitive function

I can analyze poetry and philosophy all day but when my toddler is screaming I completely lose my ability to think clearly.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Acute emotional activation can temporarily disable the very mental capacities we rely on most, revealing the fragility of intellectual prowess.

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