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by namedlambda 2669 days ago
Are you sure it's the amygdala? IFAIK, and please correct me, we make choices through our amygdala when we are teenagers - hence the impulses - while we use our prefrontal cortex for choices when we become adults.
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>while we use our prefrontal cortex for choices when we become adults

There's some amount of experimental psychology research that suggests otherwise.

Or..."yeah right!".