Our Primitive Brains

Our Primitive Brains

Neuroscience can help us to understand how ill-equipped we are to deal with the tsunami of change we are facing. We have two almond shaped amygdales in our “lizard brains.” They scan our senses for possible threats. Our amygdales live in constant fear and would rather minimize danger than maximize reward. The one found at the base of our brain’s left hemisphere interprets the logical, literal text of the information. The amygdala at the base of our right hemisphere looks at the emotional context of the information.

The development of our emotional intelligence has become essential for us to manage our fear-based responses more effectively. Most of us are operating day-to-day in what amounts to a chronic, low grade amygdala hijack. When we experience one of these hijacks, we find it increasingly difficult to concentrate. During these attacks our two amygdales flood our body with the stress hormones cortisol. This often causes us to overreact in ways we later regret (I’m sure we can all relate). Unfortunately, we experience these hijacks every day.

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