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Social communication is fraught with ambiguity. Negotiating the social world requires interpreting the affective signals we receive and often selecting between channels of conflicting affective information. The affective face-word Stroop (AFWS) provides an experimental paradigm which may identify cognitive-affective control mechanisms underpinning essential social-affective skills. Initial functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of the AFWS identified right amygdala as driving this affective conflict and left rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC) as the locus of conflict control....

Basically to say we breathe anyway, but conscious breathing is different. and once you breathe deep and you understand how to do that, then it quiets the brain. and once the amygdala which we call the barking dog in there when they're little, then the precortex lights up and now i can think. they know how to do that now. self-regulation. >> so "mind up" is taught in schools across the country and in countries around the world. this is big deal for you. this is your life right now, "mind up." >> it's 100% of my life. it's 100% of my heart. and what happened after 9/11 and i thought the children...

>> the program basically is based in neuroscience. because one of the reasons why it is is because i asked a question, why don't we ever teach children about their brain? they learn about, mostly at this point about the emotional system of the brain. they learned about the prefrontal cortex, they learned about the amygdala. they learn about the hippocampus, where they remember. and with that, we have actually shown them these different parts of the brain actually responded during various activities. so everything that we teach them, whether it is being mindful of your senses or taking three br...

Lifetime, helping children with their mental health. goldie hawn, welcome. i am delighted to get to meet you and to sit down and talk with you. >> thank you. >> all right, i want to start with something that people don't know about you or most people don't. in 2003 you started a classroom program called "mind up" to help kids dealing with stress, anxiety, depression. how does it work? >> the program basically is based in neuro science because one of the reasons why it is because i asked a question, why don't we ever teach children about their brain? they learn about mostly about the emotional ...

>> that is fascinating, the idea that if you teach them about the biology, the physics, the physiology of your brain, it is going to help you deal with the emotions that you feel. >> exactly because what is happening now is that children don't know when they are stressed. now they realize that sometimes they will, to the teacher and say i think i need a brain break. they can control that. through, interestingly enough, breath and breathing changes the brain. it isn't just a fun thing to do. i mean, basically will say well, we breathe anyway. but the conscious breathing is different. and once y...