Causes of Person Lose of Control

Jakarta, you must have felt confused when seeing family or friends you suddenly get angry and slam or throw something to express his anger. That's called a loss of control. But no one has ever found a scientific explanation of the condition. study, conducted by experts nervous and neuro-marketing from the University of Iowa, William Hedgcock has confirmed previous studies showing that self-control is a limited commodity that can be depleted if used.

But this is the first study showing the condition of the brain seen to lose control. By using fMRI images, a person's brain is scanned while performing self-control. The picture shows the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), part of the brain that recognize situations where restraint is required and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), part of the brain that manages the self-control. According to Hedgcock, loss of activity in the DLPFC was the one that causes a person to lose or run out self-control. Researchers collected brain images by placing participants in an MRI scanner and then ask participants to do two tasks of self-control. The first is to ignore the words that appear on a computer screen while the latter determines the choice of several options offered. results of participants has difficulty controlling himself on the second task of the so-called phenomenon of " regulatory depletion or depletion regulations ". Hedgcock said the DLPFC participants became less active during the second task showed that participants' initial response to the difficulties to overcome. "This study represents an important step in trying to determine a clearer definition of self-control and find out why people do things that obviously he is not good, "Hedgcock said as quoted by newkerala , Wednesday (06/20/2012) One of the implications that might be obtained is to make a better program to help people who try to quit addictions such things as food, shopping, drugs or alcohol. Some contemporary therapies to help people stop addiction with a focus on the recognition stage of the conflict and encourage people to avoid situations in which conflicts will arise. For example, an alcoholic must stay away from places where alcohol is served. But Hedgcock said the study could provide new therapies could be designed with a focus on the implementation phase. For example, dieters should treat others if they fail to implement the control by eating too much or choose the wrong foods or unhealthy. punishment of this kind provides real consequences for failure to control the application of dieters and improve his chances to choose healthier food alternatives. Research to be published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology also might help people who suffer loss of self control due to a birth defect or brain injury. "If we know why people lose self-control, this could help us design better interventions to help them maintain control him, "said Hedgcock, an assistant professor in the marketing department and the Tippie College of Business graduate students Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience