 This part of your brain right here the prefrontal prefrontal prefrontal prefrontal prefrontal Is that why you can't speak? Logan it's called a prefrontal cortex, but in this video not only we're going to talk about Logan Paul's messed up prefrontal cortex we're also going to be talking about yours. What is up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel my channel is all about mental health and what I like to do is pull different topics from the youtube community to try to teach you how to improve your mental and emotional well-being so if you're into that stuff make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell all right so yeah um this was actually a video that was recommended to me because I don't know if you guys knew this about me but I am not subscribed to Logan Paul but anyways this commenter right here was like yo Chris he just talked about how his prefrontal cortex is messed up you should talk about it and you're dang right I should so those of you who don't know me I'm a big neuroscience nerd I talk a lot about the prefrontal cortex on here but in this video we're going to discuss Logan Paul's prefrontal cortex because he went to go get a brain scan and talk about yours and what you could do to improve your mental health all right so anyways I think the first thing that we should talk about is how how it must be nice for Logan Paul to have the money to go and just get a brain scan all willy-nilly like there are so many different disorders especially addiction that could be more easily diagnosed at a younger age or like early interventions if people could just go get brain scans all right science has proven that people with an an addicted brain um or have a different brain than somebody with a normal brain or normal brain if you will all right and this is going to explain some of Logan Paul's issues as well but not all of us can just go get a brain scan whenever we want so anyways but uh Logan Paul went down there and he was trying to figure out you know what might be wrong with him and maybe this brain scan will you know let him know so he did it and it turns out Logan Paul has quote-unquote holes in his brain they're not really holes it's just that this type of uh brain scan it detects blood flow so it appears as holes on the screen but it's just less activity all right so one of the things is the prefrontal cortex and somebody like Logan Paul is not going to be as developed but he did have a traumatic brain injury as he discusses not only football but also having a fractured skull all right now one thing that the the I don't know if it was a neurologist or I think it was a neurologist he didn't mention is that you know young people have uh an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex so I've mentioned this in other videos but newer studies show that for women it develops between like uh you know their mid to late 20s and for men for most men their prefrontal cortex doesn't fully develop until their early 30s all right so this is very common for a lot of younger people to struggle with some of the things that Logan Paul is okay so like the doctor was saying in this video this part of the brain is what makes us human and that's correct this part of the brain is what separates us from the animals okay animals are very impulsive they just go based on their limbic system which is like a more primitive part of the brain so we have that part of the brain but it's more powerful than the prefrontal cortex all right so a couple things that you should know about the prefrontal cortex one of the responsibilities of the prefrontal cortex is to regulate dopamine okay so the limbic system is what releases dopamine and then the prefrontal cortex it kind of shuts the floodgates it's like yo you've had enough okay so when the doctor was talking about how you know alcohol is the enemy of the prefrontal cortex drugs included it is because like for example most people who develop addictions they started abusing substances between you know you know adolescents to their early 20s like before the age of 25 all right fun fact that's one of the many reasons why 21 is the legal drinking age in the united states because they're trying to get you closer to the full development of the prefrontal cortex by the way my addiction course the science of addiction is 100% free go over to my website it'll be linked down below check it out because I talk a lot a lot about the brain science behind addiction but anyways what happens is especially in younger people younger people get an excess flood of dopamine when they drink or use drugs so that's why the doctor was talking about how drugs or alcohol are the enemy of a weakened prefrontal cortex okay but anyways because I'm a neuroscience nerd I found many books uh about uh neuroscience that I absolutely love one of them I've talked about quite a few times is the upward spiral by um dang Alex Korb that's his name go check that out it's all about depression and rewiring your brain and hitting this upward spiral go check that out but somebody who I've read multiple books on is Dr. Daniel Siegel okay so Dr. Daniel Siegel has a ton of great books a ton of great books like I've read like three or four of them but he talks a lot about childhood brain development teenage brain development uh the brains of like parents and just all sorts of things so go check out Daniel Siegel's books anyways he talks about the nine core functions of the prefrontal cortex so what I want you to think about is a if you've had damage to your prefrontal cortex like Logan Paul has or b if you are less like younger than 30 you might have these issues as well so I'm gonna go through a few of these which might explain why Logan Paul has so many issues but you as well all right so one of them is a tuned communication so this is something that Logan Paul um talked about like his inability to maintain relationships yes yes yes yes yes so something I would often teach my clients is I don't know if you've ever seen the viral video from Johan Hari the author of Lost Connections he also did a book before that called Chasing the Scream but he has a really famous TED talk where he talks about rat park okay now while I fully 100 agree with the rat park experiments and what he's talking about they have shown that people with an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex lack that connection so although many people live in quote unquote rat park they still feel like the rat alone in the cage okay so go watch that video I'll link it down below if you're not understanding the reference but with an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex it makes it very difficult to build strong connections this is why many people you know with depression anxiety addiction it's hard for them to connect with others and it's something that needs to be worked on all right the next one is emotional regulation okay emotional regulation is part of the prefrontal cortex if you see that you don't just get angry you get furious if you don't just get happy you get extremely excited you don't just like somebody you love somebody right this is a problem with the prefrontal cortex because it's not balancing your emotions properly so rather than having your emotions if i'm like a scale of 1 to 10 well rather than them being like you know you know three four five six like they're just going full 10 okay the next one is empathy okay empathy is our natural ability to put ourselves in somebody else's shoes so you guys have heard me talk about as humans we are by default extremely selfish and self-centered beings okay and a lot of it is to do with our prefrontal cortex we have not strengthened it to a connect with others because think about it if you can't connect with others it's going to make it really hard to be empathetic all right the next one is fear modulation okay so one of the other components of what the prefrontal cortex does is it tells you what the heck you're supposed to be afraid of this is why younger people do more risky behavior but look at logan paul look at logan paul and his brother jake paul and all the crazy stuff that they're doing right their brain does not process fear in the same way so like it's not an excuse but it is kind of a reason for what happened in japan he's not afraid of the consequences people who have a problem with the prefrontal cortex are more likely to engage in risky behavior they're gonna drive faster they're gonna have unsafe sex they're gonna do a lot of things maybe jump off roofs and do all sorts of crazy things because their brain doesn't process fear in the same way all right the next one is morality okay morality is just doing the right thing okay so people who have an underdeveloped or damaged prefrontal cortex like logan paul they are much less likely to do the right thing so one of the issues that i had with this was an issue i have with a lot of doctors in general and that is that doctors push pharmaceuticals okay pharmaceuticals as well as supplements and those of you who know me i have no problem with pharmaceuticals i have no problem with supplements all right do your thing baby but it is not the only thing to do so the doctor prescribed logan some supplements some fish oil said that he was going to give him some other meds that will help you know kind of heal the brain like since it's been damaged and these are all things that can you know help with traumatic brain injury but here's the thing meditation meditation meditation meditation i don't know how many times i got to tell y'all to meditate it has been scientifically proven that when you meditate at least at least at a minimum of five to ten minutes a day you are strengthening your prefrontal cortex so it kind of bums me out that a doctor is not telling logan hey you know what else you should do logan you should start meditating okay they have proven so dr. judson brewer who is a neuroscientist who's really big into meditation mindfulness specifically he has proven as well as many other neuroscientists that those who meditate have a stronger prefrontal cortex and it strengthens over time so think about it like going to the gym i've been going to the gym so imagine if i went to the gym once or twice and thought that i was going to be like just ripped right that'd be crazy it's the same thing with meditation you got to do it you got to keep do it just the same way that you keep going to the gym the longer you start going to meditate and like you just do it at your house i have a video coming up soon about some meditation tricks it's part of a collab but anyways the more you do it over time you will start to see improvements in logical decision making impulse control emotional regulation the way you connect with others fear modulation and all those things okay so if you are somebody who struggles with any of those things start meditating it is a completely natural way and a completely free way for you to strengthen your prefrontal cortex and make your life a lot better okay so logan paul if you ever watch this video you best start meditating brah all right but anyways that's all i got if you have any kind of issues with anything that i talked about impulse control emotional regulation fear modulation you know um any of those things let's have the conversation down in the comments below and let me know why the heck you're not meditating all right anyways that's all i got for this video if you like this video please give it a thumbs up if you're new make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell and a huge huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on patreon you're all amazing and if you would like to become a patron and get some of my books for free get some exclusive content be part of the q and a go ahead and click or tap right there all right thanks again so much for watching i'll see you next time