https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/tags/high-stakes-decision-making/Recent content in High-Stakes Decision-Making on MindLAB Neuroscience — Draft ReviewHugo -- 0.156.0en-us2026 Dr. Sydney Ceruto — MindLAB NeuroscienceTue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/mental-rehearsal-for-performance/Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/mental-rehearsal-for-performance/<h1 id="mental-rehearsal-for-high-stakes-performance--the-executive-neuroscience">Mental Rehearsal for High-Stakes Performance — The Executive Neuroscience</h1> <p><img alt="Medial prefrontal cortex and temporoparietal junction suspended in deep navy with copper neural filaments — Dr. Sydney Ceruto, MindLAB Neuroscience." loading="lazy" src="https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/images/posts/mental-rehearsal-for-performance-hero.webp"></p> <p>Mental rehearsal for performance is the deliberate neural simulation of a high-stakes scenario before it happens. The competing literature treats this as athletic motor imagery applied to the boardroom. The neuroscience says otherwise: executive rehearsal recruits theory-of-mind regions and the vmPFC-to-amygdala inhibitory pathway — distinct circuits that determine whether the live moment becomes composed performance or anticipatory collapse.</p>