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Do you enjoy logic puzzles? Logic is a crucial element of problem-solving. If you’d like to know more about how problem-solving works in the brain, along with ideas to add some creative activities to your life, click one of the links below.


Everyday Brain: Executive Function

Our executive function plays a key role in allowing us to accomplish goals and perform tasks. In this video, Mary Sano, Professor of Psychiatry at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, explains what exactly goes on in the brain when we are approaching a task or project.


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