Peter MuReading Journal

January 10, 2025

Mindsight

Mindsight

Daniel J. Siegel

These three regions—the brainstem, the limbic area, and the cortex—comprise what has been called the “triune” brain, which developed in layers over the course of evolution. At a very minimum, integrating the

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Clusters of neurons in the brainstem also come into play when certain conditions seem to require a rapid mobilization of energy distribution throughout the body and brain. This so-called fight-flight-freeze array of responses is

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almond-shaped amygdala has been found to be especially important in the fear response

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the more abstract and symbolic forms of information flow that seem to set us apart as a species. I

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A TRIANGLE OF WELL-BEING: MIND, BRAIN, AND RELATIONSHIPS

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