Anatomy of a brain freeze

If you’ve had the opportunity to see the debate mishap, you know that it’s long, painful, and ultimately damaging to the candidate’s prospects. (YouTube Link)

What you may not be as familiar with is why it occurs, and what can be done about it.

When our core brain functions become deluged with tremendous amounts of information, and then subjected to high levels of stress, these functions can go into a state of overload: a state where brain performance slams on the brakes and simple tasks become next to impossible.

In this great analysis by Sharon Begley, she describes what the most likely neurocognitive causes were for this very untimely and public brain freeze.

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