Dr. Amishi Jha

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And it makes sense because you can't actually be alert.

You can't save up being alert for the past or for the future.

It's right now.

So that is what we're trying to do when we're talking about that.

And these systems, by the way, I'm just describing them with metaphors, but we know that they have very specific brain networks that support them.

And these brain networks are actually antagonistic toward each other.

They fight each other.

So you can't be both narrow and restrictive and broad and receptive at the same time.

They're actually battling each other in the brain.

And what's the third system?

Yes.

So the third system is the metaphor I'll use, because I think that's a good way to anchor around it, is that it's like a juggler.

Okay.

And this is something we call executive functions.

So that term executive is very much like the executive of any enterprise, right?

The executive's job is to ensure, and that's what the system does, that our goals and our actions align.

It's monitoring everything.

And checking in on what's going on.

So the juggler is like, you got all the balls in the air.

You got multiple things you're trying to do, but you're overseeing the coordination of that so that none of the balls drop.

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