فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Crisis events, such as armed conflicts and pandemics, trigger significant neural and cognitive changes that prioritize survival but impair higher-order functions, including analytical reasoning, working memory, and social cognition. This narrative review evaluates key brain mechanisms involved in crisis response, focusing on the amygdala, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and insula, which modulate attention, decision-making, memory, and empathy under stress. Building on these insights, we propose translational strategies for crisis management, including sensory processing optimization, concise brain-compatible communication, cognitive load reduction through structured decision frameworks, collective emotion regulation, and simulated empathy activation. These disruptions stem from heightened activity in the brain's limbic system, particularly the amygdala, resulting in hypervigilance and emotional reactivity that override reflective and socially attuned processes governed by the prefrontal cortex. These interventions align with the brain’s adaptive constraints, enhancing clarity, reducing panic, supporting intuitive decisions, and fostering social cohesion. This framework may integrate cognitive neuroscience into crisis planning and leadership, advancing neuromanagement and neuroleadership paradigms. Ultimately, embedding neuroscientific principles into crisis response can improve immediate outcomes and long-term psychological resilience in diverse and high-stress environments.