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Tetsuya Takahashi

@ojarux1

Multiple systems are involved in mediating sensory input. When our senses become overloaded, this can substantially diminish our executive function. This is perfectly illustrated by what happens when we watch a movie. The sights and sounds completely envelop us and we feel immersed in the universe of the film.

Paul Grewal • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)

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Sally Mallam • The Science of Storytelling

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

William James

Steven Schlafman • 1 card

The central function of the amygdala, which I call the brain’s smoke detector, is to identify whether incoming input is relevant for our survival.11 It does so quickly and automatically, with the help of feedback from the hippocampus, a nearby structure that relates the new input to past experiences.

Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Psychogeography

juarry • 3 cards

largely on circumstantial evidence, motive might be a persuasive consideration—for either guilt or innocence.

Vibeke Norgaard Martin • 101 Things I Learned® in Law School

incomplete development of pathways in the cerebral cortex, and between the cortex and lower areas of the brain.