fMRI evidence: PFC–motor connectivity drops under high stakes

1:18:00game, right? But when there's this pressure of, oh, I could just win like 50 bucks instead of 10, >> the performance dropped. And then when they look at the prefrontal cortex and the motor cortex connectivity during these jackpot trials, >> it was inversely related to choking susceptibility. Meaning, the less it was connected, the more you were going to choke. >> Okay? So, there's literally a connectivity issue between your prefrontal cortex and your motor cortex. The motor cortex is the thing that's actually doing the game play. And when that conic connection goes down, you're likely to choke more. Now the question is why is this connection going down? >> Right. >> Right. >> Right. Because >> during these high stress scenarios

1:18:42>> so the the the the initial like intuitive thought process is okay. The high stress scenario is what is directly correlated to the decreased connection between the prefrontal cortex and the motor cortex. Theoretically. >> Theoretically. Right. But but in neuroscience we always want something more mechanistic. >> Right. Right. >> Right. Right. >> At least I do. And so [laughter]