Publication Date
1-1-2013
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
Sturm College of Law
Keywords
Cognitive capacity, Depression, Neuroscience, Cognitive fitness, Wellness programs, Neurobiology, Stress, Employee Performance, Student Achievement, Neural self-hacking
Abstract
Law is a cognitive profession, and the legendary stressors in legal education and the practice of law can take a tremendous toll on cognitive capacity. This Article provides a groundbreaking synthesis on the neuroscience of achieving optimal cognitive fitness for all law students, law professors, and lawyers.
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Originally published as Debra S. Austin, Killing Them Softly: Neuroscience Reveals How Brain Cells Die From Law School Stress and How Neural Self-Hacking Can Optimize Cognitive Performance, 59 LOY. L. REV. 791 (2013).
First Page
791
Recommended Citation
Debra S. Austin, Killing Them Softly: Neuroscience Reveals How Brain Cells Die From Law School Stress and How Neural Self-Hacking Can Optimize Cognitive Performance, 59 LOY. L. REV. 791 (2013).