# More emotions implies less cognitive control When the [[Amygdala]] acts up, the central thinking areas "quiet down". Various neuroscience studies support what is intuitive: these emotional areas of the brain interfere with even simple cognitive tasks. For instance, people who feel anxious while doing math problems can have trouble completing a task as simple as counting past five. When we react emotionally, we are not thinking well. Emotions can grab our [[Attention]] and turn it away from the task at hand.