Mixed emotions may not be mixed after all
There are over 50 different brain areas governing various aspects of sensory integration, motivation, decision-making and behaviour. Ideally, when these are well-integrated, our interaction with our environment is pro-social and efficient. Dysrhythmia in any of these leads to immature behaviour with respect to the function it governs. For example, ... See more
Brain Maps for Psychotherapists - Neurofeedback London
This may seem like a dumb question, but have you ever thought about how it is that people can feel their emotions? The answer is that they pay attention to their body. Experiencing an emotion is primarily noticeable based on bodily sensations. People don’t always consciously notice that this is what they’re doing because it’s become so automatic, b... See more
David R. MacIver • Labelling Feelings 101
neuroscientists have determined that pleasure and pain are processed in overlapping brain regions and work via an opponent-process mechanism.
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
This is one of the most surprising things I learned as I began to study neuroscience: a mental event, such as fear, is not created by only one set of neurons. Instead, combinations of different neurons can create instances of fear. Neuroscientists call this principle degeneracy. Degeneracy means “many to one”: many combinations of neurons can produ
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