For the highly intelligent, their anterior insulae and anterior cingulate cortices play bigger roles in the movement of information than in less intelligent brains.
By reducing activity in the default mode network and posterior cingulate cortex, meditation can help diffuse that anxious, impatient, unfocused and instant gratification oriented mind that the internet helped create.
In this herniation, the innermost part of the frontal lobe, called the cingulate gyrus, gets squeezed below the free edge of the falx cerebri to the opposite side of the skull.
Faced with such a big decision, Spiderman must be very anxious and his anterior cingulate cortex should be going wild as this is a part of the brain linked to decision-making.
Studies have shown that people seeing images of others in pain experience activity in the anterior cingulate cortex and the anterior insula, areas of the brain that process pain.