You have 3 brains. This is how to use them | Robert Sapolsky

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  • @kiandelacour2641
    @kiandelacour2641 10 місяців тому +92

    Much as I love Robert Sapolsky's work in general, "The triune brain idea is one of the most successful and widespread errors in all of science” (Lisa Feldman Barrett 2020 - references below). When it was first described by Paul MacLean, as Robert says, in "The Triune Brain in Evolution. Role in Paleocerebral Functions" (1990) it was immediately and robustly critiqued (Reiner 1990).
    The "neo-cortex" is not new, is not unique to modern humans and does not "regulate" the mythic "emotional brain".
    Evolutionary neurobiology showed, as long ago as the early 1970s, that human brain development is simply a scaled-up version of all mammalian brain development and that all vertebrates possess the same basic brain regions (Cesario et al 2020). Including reptiles.
    Despite being ubiquitous, continued use of the triune brain fallacy is not supported by the data - and has important implications for how emotions and agency are conceptualised. For example, the idea that rationality = thinking = the absence of emotion when, in practice, thinking can be profoundly irrational and emotion profoundly rational. Law, economics and much of daily discourse assumes there is a sharp distinction between the rational and the emotional, but this is a story, without foundation in how the brain actually evolved, works and is structured.
    For those still teaching or otherwise engaging with the triune brain fallacy, I urge you to explore more current neuroscience by research scientists rather than commentators (this is NOT a pop at Robert Sapolsky. It's just that many, maybe most proponeents of the triune brain fallacy are not involved with directly testing the hypothesis). The papers below (and especially Lisa Feldman Barrett's books and UA-cam interviews) centre a whole-brain view of our construction of reality. And is supported by ample evidence, unlike the 90's neo-Platonic theory.
    • Your Brain's Most Important Functions - Dan Pink in Conversation with Lisa Feldman Barrett (2023) ua-cam.com/video/Ndm06nZJrBA/v-deo.htmlsi=G7O2nLEnmJOV-aQB
    • Cesario J, Johnson DJ & Eisthen HL (2020) Your Brain Is Not an Onion With a Tiny Reptile Inside. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29(3), 255-260. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0963721420917687#bibr34-0963721420917687
    • Feldman Barrett, L (2018) How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain. Pan. lisafeldmanbarrett.com/books/how-emotions-are-made/
    • Feldman Barrett, L (2020) Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain. Picador. lisafeldmanbarrett.com/books/seven-and-a-half-lessons-about-the-brain/
    • Reiner A (1990) An explanation of behavior: Review of The Triune Brain in Evolution. Role in Paleocerebral Functions. Paul D. MacLean. Plenum, New York, 1990. Science, 250:4978, 303-305. DOI:10.1126/science.250.4978.303-b
    www.researchgate.net/publication/6043837_The_Triune_Brain_in_Evolution_Role_in_Paleocerebral_Functions_Paul_D_MacLean_Plenum_New_York_1990_xxiv_672_pp_illus_75
    • Steffen PR, Hedges D and Matheson R (2022) The Brain Is Adaptive Not Triune: How the Brain Responds to Threat, Challenge, and Change. Frontiers in Psychiatry 13:802606. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.802606 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.802606/full

    • @nolamikey
      @nolamikey 8 місяців тому +18

      Thank you both for the detailed comment and the additional sources of information to explore. Lots to chew on.

    • @freyc1
      @freyc1 8 місяців тому +16

      The criticism is simply based on (sometimes quite dishonest) misinterpretation of MacLean's ideas. For instance, the very idea that thought is not independent for emotion was actually the origin of his theory. It's called the triune brain, not the tripartite brain. He never said these "parts" were independent, or that they were successively added to one another during evolution without prior basis or that the "reptilian brain" in mammals was the same as in reptiles.

    • @sheilawade433
      @sheilawade433 7 місяців тому +4

      0:34 Thank you for the references. "schematic"
      -good reason for lifelong ongoing educational renewal
      Disparities in generational educational opportunities create generations of disparities in common working knowledge and communication.

    • @Darknight526
      @Darknight526 6 місяців тому +3

      Thanks!

    • @emilysha418
      @emilysha418 5 місяців тому +6

      wow! thank you for this detailed answer! I love it when people provide nuance, context and citations for their criticisms! A rare and valuable comment indeed.

  • @anywallsocket
    @anywallsocket Рік тому +368

    Bro said all that in a single sentence 😂 I absolutely love this man, his Stanford lectures are phenomenal 🙏

  • @poladelarosa8399
    @poladelarosa8399 Рік тому +257

    Always a pleasure as well as an education to hear the eminent Robert Sapolsky.

  • @LokiBeckonswow
    @LokiBeckonswow Рік тому +151

    this guy is my favourite kind of celebrity cos of his great ability to communicate complicated + relevant info in interesting and accessible ways, absolute legend

    • @manoftheworld1000
      @manoftheworld1000 Рік тому +5

      This guy is definitively my favourite neurobiologist! His work is a real treasure trove for my work as a self-employed neuropsychological clinician!

  • @monseniore
    @monseniore 8 місяців тому +6

    So many ppl in the comments saying that this is not real... in 0:40 he litterally addresses that this is just schematic, the brain is not like this, its just a simple way of analysing how it works

  • @emilcioran8873
    @emilcioran8873 Рік тому +135

    I admire this man so much. I have heard many people speak. Most of the intellectual ones I've heard, I did so on the internet. But this man manages to stand out. Among the great ones, this man is truly an exception.

    • @TNT-km2eg
      @TNT-km2eg Рік тому +3

      Explanations without solutions

    • @raginald7mars408
      @raginald7mars408 Рік тому +1

      a meso potamian fossil
      going extinct

    • @luddity
      @luddity Рік тому +2

      @@TNT-km2eg Solution TLDW: When SHTF, go to your happy place.

  • @Justineyedia
    @Justineyedia Рік тому +660

    “The subconscious mind is ruled by suggestion, it accepts all suggestions - it does not argue with you - it fulfils your wishes.” “Your subconscious mind does not argue with you. It accepts what your conscious mind decrees. If you say, 'I can't afford it,' your subconscious mind works to make it true.

    • @user-kj2gf1cn1p
      @user-kj2gf1cn1p Рік тому +4

      thank you for this justin 🙏🏽🖤

    • @user-kj2gf1cn1p
      @user-kj2gf1cn1p Рік тому +6

      what is this from?

    • @Samsara__
      @Samsara__ Рік тому +6

      ​@@user-kj2gf1cn1pSounds like Napoleon Hill or even Robert Anton Wilson to me

    • @djayjp
      @djayjp Рік тому +15

      No, often the subconscious mind sends signals to the conscious mind.

    • @bloodsonnet
      @bloodsonnet Рік тому +6

      What the thinker thinks the prover proves

  • @MI-gn9lg
    @MI-gn9lg Рік тому +31

    Thank you for not cluttering this video with a cut rate Philip Glass-like soundtrack and corny stock footage as in some of the other entries in this series.

  • @ArtemusBlue
    @ArtemusBlue Рік тому +86

    Nowhere is this more strikingly obvious than in people with mental illnesses, and I think those of us with anxiety have an intrinsic awareness of how our mental and emotional state affects our bodies, because damn if I'm not sitting here in a buttload of pain that I learned to tune out when I was a teenager because my cortisol flooded brain makes the muscles in my body tense 24/7, and I don't remember the last time I didn't have a headache! I can't get rid of the anxiety completely, so I can't get rid of the pain completely either, and the pain often makes my emotional state worse, que the vicious circle 🤷‍♀️

    • @nielsderyst
      @nielsderyst Рік тому +6

      I understand, as someone that also suffers a lot of daily anxiety (1 of my symptoms of my autism), I strongly recommend trying out cbd, thc and even tripping, because it helped and helps me a lot.

    • @riveteye93
      @riveteye93 Рік тому +13

      Used to have a lot of anxiety and panic attacks, but fixed them for good with breathe work. It's kinda almost stupid and tragic how much pain and loss I could've prevented just by breathing in spesific ways for like 10-15 minutes a day.

    • @robh5695
      @robh5695 Рік тому

      Read Psychocybernetics. You'll understand.

    • @bh4872
      @bh4872 Рік тому +2

      I highly recommend you check out Dr. Russell Kennedy's work, and his approach to healing anxiety

    • @Bravedom
      @Bravedom Рік тому +5

      I’ll jump on the advice wagon and say if you haven’t already done so look into how nutrition can help you. The food we eat has a lot of impact on our brain and and rest of our body.
      I’m glad you learned to control your state of mind and I hope you’re able to conquer this challenge entirely 🙏🏼

  • @PG-wz7by
    @PG-wz7by 8 місяців тому +3

    Listening to Mr Saplsky talk lowers my blood pressure :)

  • @NathanHarrison7
    @NathanHarrison7 Рік тому +10

    Genius. How I love these series. The science of thinking. Thank you for sharing your decades of knowledge. Powerful.

  • @AayushiRohilla
    @AayushiRohilla Рік тому +105

    He is ICONIC, and the way he explains things 🙌🏼 thank you sir

  • @DrDavelope
    @DrDavelope Рік тому +65

    Fascinating! Very informative. I’ve known many of these concepts separately but Rob connects the dots for us, creating another wonderful Aha moment.

  • @jshankar1098
    @jshankar1098 Рік тому +26

    Thinking about something totally different from our present external situation isn't as easy as it is being said. But with practice it can be done. Practice to think. Take 30 mins of lone time and spend it to think, various scenarios, not fictitious, past, present and future, and when in stress, this will help you think better. Great video.

    • @throughthoroughthought8064
      @throughthoroughthought8064 8 місяців тому

      Thank you. I was looking for a TLDR.
      But why not fictitious? I've heard that large parts of the brain can't tell the diff.

  • @lauramariamusic
    @lauramariamusic Рік тому +10

    So nice! Seems to explain how practicing gratitude for the good things in your day or your life are good for your well being 😊

  • @sonialopes7367
    @sonialopes7367 Рік тому +6

    I read Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers around 20 years ago and I've been a huge fan ever since. Loved this video.

  • @ralphdoe8308
    @ralphdoe8308 Рік тому +2

    Explaining so much in such a short period of time is an incredible expression of human altruism or love! Wow!

  • @amusicment4829
    @amusicment4829 Рік тому +3

    Wonderful, thank you, Dr. Sapolsky

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you again, Dr. Saplosky, you are a genius among many.
    🙏❤️🌎🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵

  • @z-horn7265
    @z-horn7265 Рік тому +2

    I love it even more, that this genius is so appreciated

  • @slugface322
    @slugface322 Рік тому +24

    I mastered this in mid 80s
    And you can as well.
    Well not really most people are too far gone.
    They are easily identified and avoided.
    Everything flows from your mental health, nurture and protect it as though your life depended on it cuz it sure as hell does!

  • @granitfog
    @granitfog Рік тому +3

    What about the contrast between the Default Mode Network and the Task Positige Network. They seem to be in Part 3 in the description given above. For most people the DMN is default mode (hence the name) of perception and response, while the mind shifts into the TPN unconsciously depending on the focus of attention and action. But training (meditation) can allow the person to select greater involvement of the TPN to guide attention and action.

  • @seansayer7684
    @seansayer7684 Рік тому +1

    In my darker moments I judge the world for ignorance, but essentially it is a form of guiding the mind away from certain problems in order to survive, that all of us engage in, sometimes without knowing it.

  • @PovilKa
    @PovilKa Рік тому +2

    Very informative and perspective shifting!
    As for the last part: he coul call it meditation. People call it praying, yoga or positive thinking as well.

  • @SUCCESSPASS
    @SUCCESSPASS 3 місяці тому

    Consciously focusing your attention on something positive, exciting or relaxing just before you go to bed and when you wake up in the morning is really helpful.

  • @Matteopolska
    @Matteopolska Рік тому +6

    He's the beast in explaining and storytelling 🎉

  • @pennymiller2254
    @pennymiller2254 Рік тому +3

    Every time I listen to him my brain gets excited evidently I’ve been doing biofeedback for a couple decades now I just didn’t know that’s what it was called God bless everybody happy Fourth of July

  • @waynebiro5978
    @waynebiro5978 Рік тому +7

    You have many areas in the brain with specialized functions. The three brain perspective is just one perspective, only a partial truth (since any object has many partial truths from different perspectives). The question is, how useful is your partial perspective, which depends on what you are doing.

    • @oscarcorbiere2899
      @oscarcorbiere2899 9 місяців тому

      Those “many areas” are specific to certain functions, eyes, ears etc. Robert is talking of how our mental/ emotional/ autonomic systems and how they interrelated, and control your behaviour, dispute having the largest neocortex of species

  • @Олександр-к6о2л
    @Олександр-к6о2л Рік тому +4

    It's like a calming rap.
    Gifted narrator.

  • @kenschulz4186
    @kenschulz4186 Рік тому +3

    Would love to hear his thoughts on using breath as a communication channel between layer 1 and 3. Conscious means to influence the reptile

  • @econrith
    @econrith 4 місяці тому

    Going by your excellent advice, it looks to me that hypnosis sessions to achieve, say weight loss or learning the piano easier and in less time spent is a big win win. Your book Determined is also a very thought provoking read. I wonder that you do not put that all to a video format. In general folks seem to lack social science guiding them in early and later educational years. Professor Sapolsky saves the world.

  • @-hx7on
    @-hx7on Рік тому +16

    the man is ahead of his time. although old, his courses from Stanford and " the great courses" are life changing.

    • @ogungou9
      @ogungou9 Рік тому +3

      Each time I listen to him, my hope for humanity goes up ...!
      I'm more positive.

    • @neildutoit5177
      @neildutoit5177 Рік тому

      Ahead of his time? This model of the brain was obsolete years ago. He's far behind.

    • @-hx7on
      @-hx7on Рік тому

      @@neildutoit5177 obviously you know nothing about him or read any of his books..take care.

    • @VotersAreIdiots-g3x
      @VotersAreIdiots-g3x 4 місяці тому

      How is he ahead oh his time? We’ve always had brains and people attempting to explain them. He’s quite brilliant though.

  • @karenreynolds7109
    @karenreynolds7109 Рік тому +37

    Wow! Robert really did a great job on explaining the brain(s) and its dynamics.

  • @zacharydavis4398
    @zacharydavis4398 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content awareness/perspective

  • @leviathanv3135
    @leviathanv3135 11 місяців тому +1

    Is there a longer video on the same subject with the same guy?

  • @MindWorld
    @MindWorld Рік тому +4

    I admire your creativity and the unique perspective you bring to your videos🌟🌟

  • @musselchee9560
    @musselchee9560 Рік тому

    Cheers. I needed that: to think about listening to a schematic talk on thinking about what motivates me; Three talks to two who talks to one.

  • @twohoursto
    @twohoursto 6 місяців тому

    Thanks Odin, I'll do my best to use this information practically to improve my life 🥰

  • @chaosordeal294
    @chaosordeal294 Рік тому +1

    If you like this, I urge you to seek out his classroom lectures here on yt -- great stuff!

  • @nancychace8619
    @nancychace8619 8 місяців тому

    I'm reminded of therapies, or potential ones, for folks with PTSD. How can we out-think the trauma we've through? How can we get our limbic systems past those ingrain associations? Please correct me if I'm not on the right track -
    Am also reminded of Bernie Siegel's work to help cancer patients heal -
    Seems he's been able to help people reach past the surface with regard to these systems.
    Thank you for sharing.

  • @THEWAY-jf2ny
    @THEWAY-jf2ny 9 місяців тому +1

    Very well explained.
    Thanks

    • @The-Well
      @The-Well  9 місяців тому

      Thanks for watching, we're glad you're here!

  • @Mattytube18
    @Mattytube18 Рік тому +3

    The great Robert Sapolsky!

  • @roseannarabia6461
    @roseannarabia6461 9 місяців тому

    I've been waiting for this kind of explanation of how the brain communicates my entire life! I wish our educational system would teach this as it's most basic level starting in elementary school. It makes sense why meditation works, and how athletes and soldiers overcome their physical and mental obstacles when they are deemed, 'in the zone', and how some people have survived seemingly insurmountable circumstances. I feel like I just had the entire history of humanity's behavior summed up in an a matter of minutes.

    • @ClownWorld63
      @ClownWorld63 20 днів тому

      Freud talked about the diff parts of the brain, Timothy Leary talked about the diff parts of the brain, Jung also. He just adds to it.

  • @JoeyCahan
    @JoeyCahan 8 місяців тому

    I do this for chronic pain all the time!!

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee 6 місяців тому

    you make everything so logical, it really helps me to parse my emotional life, which right now is overwhelming me. (i think it matters , i’m 78 :) 🌷🌱

  • @mattkanter1729
    @mattkanter1729 Рік тому +1

    Robert ! Professor !! Nice . Great user manual for the / my brain(s) . I am really enjoying the increased awareness of and fascination with the stuff in my scull .
    Just one question please:
    ¿ what was your favorite Talmudic tractate when you were growing up , or now ? Just curious, plus I would love to learn / chavrusa with you holy dude !
    Thanks

  • @Elassyahmed
    @Elassyahmed Рік тому +1

    What a pleasure to stumble upon a video by this amazing mind.

  • @MaxDooDat2
    @MaxDooDat2 8 місяців тому

    Thank you Dr. Sapolsky for this info. But what I would like to understand is whether or not our subconscious mind and its thought generation are totally controlled by the limbic area. For instance, when people attempt to meditate we observe "mind chatter". Unwanted thoughts that annoyingly get injected over and over again into our consciousness and temporarily interrupt our focus. Such thoughts seem to be emanating from our subconscious, but are they actually originating in our conscious mind? But the real bottom line question here is, "What is the most efficient method for stopping them?"

  • @marafenton8178
    @marafenton8178 Рік тому +2

    Gurdjieff covered this idea back in 1900ish. Been a while since I read Ouspendsky’s “In Search” but I think he outlines it in that book. So the ancients knew about this far back in millennia. 🤷‍♀️🙏

  • @tatiyana8934
    @tatiyana8934 8 місяців тому +1

    😍❤️ The most kind man to explain madly complected things so,
    that even such a 'paramecium' like me can understand something! /🙏🏻👍🏻❤✌🏻

  • @BehaviorCoachNeysa
    @BehaviorCoachNeysa Рік тому

    Yes. We can learn and practice self-regulation skills to improve health and happiness. No drugs or equipment necessary.

  • @Knifymoloko
    @Knifymoloko Рік тому +1

    So for those afflicted with PTSD, the limbic layer is influence the lower layer and upper layers? Is trauma merely a memory that needs to be reevaluated in a way that is 'healthy' for the individual?

    • @gratefulkm
      @gratefulkm Рік тому

      Real Trauma is locked behind a DREAD of neurons, that the cortex will only show you when the cortex believes your imagined self is ready
      that the thought process is a REAL as it can get to deal with the coming reality
      In other words complete disassociation with the words whirling around Muruguns finger
      And you are like Kumar
      :)

  • @Lucas-wk2zh
    @Lucas-wk2zh 2 місяці тому +1

    He was the best in very bad trip, didn't know he was that smart. Very interesting.

  • @youforelearning244
    @youforelearning244 5 місяців тому

    Love the way this has been simplified

  • @foodchewer
    @foodchewer 9 місяців тому

    @ 6:32
    OK but if you have serious damage to your peripheral blood vessels, some kind of chronic sodium imbalance, or some other kind of disease that's caused damage to your blood vessels or your autonomic nervous system's ability to regulate their diameter and tone, you can't just "think" your way out of hypertension. As far as I know, the approach he's describing would only work if the primary cause of hypertension is psychosomatic.

  • @ArcusofAllah
    @ArcusofAllah 2 місяці тому

    Very insightful, thank you

  • @rai.lete.wishthinker
    @rai.lete.wishthinker 7 місяців тому

    so is the decision to think about something to get a limbic response, is that a choice? or an inevitability?

  • @brucey7164
    @brucey7164 Рік тому +18

    We don’t use our brain; it uses us.

    • @gratefulkm
      @gratefulkm Рік тому +2

      First there is a mountain then there is not, then there is

    • @VotersAreIdiots-g3x
      @VotersAreIdiots-g3x 4 місяці тому

      Why create the division? Did you or your brain create that hierarchy?

    • @maymorton7390
      @maymorton7390 11 годин тому

      8f u have a healthy liver u have self control , its the largest organ it matters its the seat of good health it filters everything u eat its not only the brain that thinks the liver is the planner .

  • @diegoX6Turbo
    @diegoX6Turbo 8 місяців тому +10

    The professor mentioned three functional layers of the brain, the same brain, NOT 3 BRAINS!.

    • @jamaalrichardson4966
      @jamaalrichardson4966 7 місяців тому +1

      It is perfectly acceptable to speak of the "3 Brains" schema. What we currently understand about the evolution of the brain, specifically the human brain, the hind, limbic, and forebrain are stratified and came about through evolutionary pressures that had no single end-goal in mind.

    • @AL_THOMAS_777
      @AL_THOMAS_777 5 місяців тому +1

      Its just meant s y m b o l i c !

    • @diegoX6Turbo
      @diegoX6Turbo 5 місяців тому +1

      @@jamaalrichardson4966 I'm not a doctor, but that would be like title a video: "learn to use your 4 hearts" (just because the human heart has four chambers), I just criticized the title of the video, of course my absolute high respects for the professor Robert Sapolsky.

  • @regulus8518
    @regulus8518 Рік тому +2

    this guy is a certified genius .... recipient of the macarthur genius grant for his work on neuroscience

  • @milthonmartinez1030
    @milthonmartinez1030 Рік тому +2

    Dr Robert, un humano excepcional en su campo, admirable

  • @danielbrowne9089
    @danielbrowne9089 11 місяців тому +12

    Good hair, good beard and good brain

  • @skeptikson3894
    @skeptikson3894 Рік тому

    Dear Robert, I have been following your lectures with pleasure for years and I find them very interesting, but I have a question. What is your diagnosis?

  • @shrihari4788
    @shrihari4788 Рік тому +2

    Great. So, there are theories like James-lange, Cannon-Bard and Schachter-singer which explain initiation of emotions through brain "one" (physiological response) to brain "three" (Cognitive response) but what are the theories explaining about the reverse...!

    • @JustWojtek
      @JustWojtek Рік тому

      isn't he speaking about that in the second half? and isn't basically the whole predictive brain theory about that?

    • @shrihari4788
      @shrihari4788 Рік тому

      @@JustWojtek definitely he is, but why do we find very less about the Cognitive initiation of emotional experience..! What named theories are there to explain the same...

    • @JustWojtek
      @JustWojtek Рік тому +3

      @@shrihari4788 my guess would be: time and westcentrism - seemingly for the longest time the bottom-up approach has been favoured and now it take a while for the field to "re-adjust". On the other hand most of the theories around emotions have been based on the western perception and philosophy of emotions. What do you think?

    • @shrihari4788
      @shrihari4788 Рік тому +1

      @@JustWojtek Indeed predominantly western perspective over emotions is one reason and the only recent development of cognitive science might be another I think...

  • @terenzo50
    @terenzo50 Рік тому +1

    Explains the Snickers TV commercials. Explains method acting and sense memory.

  • @LokeyeMC
    @LokeyeMC Рік тому +1

    I'm surprised he doesn't mind referring to it as the Lizard Brain. I like to call it the Nematode Brain, since that's about the time we split off on the evolution arc, prior to the reptiles coming around. It just shows how confident he is with his knowledge, since he clearly sidesteps any of the issues of referring to it as literally a reptilian brain.

  • @kenschulz4186
    @kenschulz4186 Рік тому

    Curious how this translates to our brain vs. body. Does vais nerve play a role in later 1 only? How about microbiome?

  • @fnm500
    @fnm500 Рік тому

    Everything he says after 5:33 assumes we have some control, some free will..But recently Sapolsky came out with a new book that pretty much says we have no free will. How to reconcile the somewhat contradictory messages?

    • @oscarcorbiere2899
      @oscarcorbiere2899 9 місяців тому

      Sapolaky simply means the things that came before shaped our personalities. If you're here those things that shaped you make you willing to learn and accept the findings in these studies
      I've wondered this myself as there are certain peoples that change- drug addicts, criminals and even just emotionally disturbed people. But we can make choices along our path. It's not out of character to choose life over demise which is sometimes the case with addicts. It comes down to which program is stronger. Do you choose to be arrogant, abusive or retaliatory? No. That program was initiated when you were born or even before. Epigenetics speaks to this.
      So strong upheaval of the 3 brain systems can in fact cause a change, but is our executive system in charge there? No. Not really

  • @AwareLife
    @AwareLife 10 місяців тому

    This deciding to think about certain memories, images to modify lesser level systems, I was wondering how to do this geninely and on time etc, if I am totally determined, without free will? Your power of explanation is excellent and very helpful. It is wonderful to see in an academic because sometimes it doen't always follow.
    Thank you very much. But I am not convinced of your interpretation about no free will at all. We make a decision about our experienced thoughts, the result of all this complexity at unseen layers. If a deeper "decision" is already indicated at neural level, is it not possible that it is the proposed projection for our consideration and conscious decsion? If we decide yes , it looks like the decision was made before, but do you have data that show NOT deciding "Yes" when the proposal is presented to our conscious free will decisions happen? I accept many things/influences are detrmined or not known by us conciously but I cannot see absolutley no power of decision at all. A real active effective decision is a point of free will. 🙏

  • @Bonnatella
    @Bonnatella 9 місяців тому

    Im just here for his hair routine. Those curls are moisturized and healthy ✌️✨

  • @tjmozdzen
    @tjmozdzen 11 місяців тому

    I'm not sure I caught how I can choose to use them differently other than the bio-feedback part. I'm currently reading his book "Determined" and find his views parallel mine. The book is giving me more details to support what I think is true about free-will.

  • @kimfroman2023
    @kimfroman2023 Рік тому +1

    This name is familiar. Did he write a book about animals? It was a book i read decades ago. off to Google now!

  • @Moonless6491
    @Moonless6491 Рік тому +12

    I'm dealing with a pain condition caused by mind body syndrome. The Lizard brain is creating pain to distract from the emotions the limbic system is feeling. The Lizard brain sees the emotions as just as dangerous as a bear, but instead of hiding pain like it usually does when it aroused temporarily, it creates pain because the limbic is aroused chronically, thus the pain becomes a chronic response like a stuck open neurological valve. It becomes chronic and I have to unlearn it. Dr. John Sarno pioneered this theory.

    • @TranceGurl20
      @TranceGurl20 Рік тому

      I'm convinced that the lizard brain was created by actual reptilian extraterrestrials there are civilizations that have lived before us we were not the first ones on the planet I'm sure we our DNA manipulated

  • @tonyarmstrong8291
    @tonyarmstrong8291 Рік тому +10

    Oh my overflowing GOURD! Thankyou Robert, you have given me an understanding of yet another TRIAD to help dispel the tension and contention that DUALISTIC thinking causes! I've been stuck contemplating how communication between the AMYGDALA (the older, 'lower', impulsive brain region) and the CORTEX (the younger, 'higher', cognitive region) results in my perceptions and responses to life events. Now, I have the 'missing third', the LIMBIC system (the 'middle aged', neither 'high' nor 'low', instinctive) to factor into the equation, and a formula for a more balanced perspective on life.

    • @henk-3098
      @henk-3098 Рік тому +2

      the amygala is part of the limbic system though

    • @tonyarmstrong8291
      @tonyarmstrong8291 Рік тому +1

      Thanks Henk. I need to keep learning, obviously! Im trying to understand interactions between the "head, heart & hands", or mental, emotional, physical aspects of my being, and am missing something regarding the differences between sensation & perception ('feelings' & emotions), cognition & conception (intentional thinking & intuitive inspiration).

    • @fury_saves_world
      @fury_saves_world Рік тому

      ​​@@tonyarmstrong8291 Terence McKenna. Jung. Nietzsche. CTMU. Psilocybin. I am releasing information on such topics soon. Not sure why but UA-cam is trying to censor me. I have uploaded shorts about NS-TMT, what I believe may save humankind.

    • @fury_saves_world
      @fury_saves_world Рік тому +1

      ​@@tonyarmstrong8291 Know this:
      The Truth of the Matter lies where
      Representative instants of categories
      Functional variable categories
      Proper accurate code/coding
      Ranked causal value
      All meet in the middle

  • @jteichma
    @jteichma Рік тому

    I wonder what Robert thinks about hypnotherapy and helping change stuck thinking patterns?

    • @xanderx8289
      @xanderx8289 9 місяців тому

      google reveri by Dr. Spiegel

  • @TheNoerdy
    @TheNoerdy Рік тому +6

    I love these videos.

  • @alexisscarbrough4083
    @alexisscarbrough4083 8 місяців тому

    I find it fascinating that we just came out of a couple of strong dieting decades and a lot of us were raised by starving parents who were cruel

  • @vladaiushina5388
    @vladaiushina5388 Рік тому

    Please, help me to understand, I thought this model of three brains was criticised a long time ago and cancelled as not correct one? Or something changed since then?.. so much confused!

  • @jasonweaver3629
    @jasonweaver3629 Рік тому +3

    Such a legend, thank you.

  • @bazpearce9993
    @bazpearce9993 8 місяців тому +1

    Fascinating.

  • @MT4eva21
    @MT4eva21 Рік тому

    thoughts interact with affect interact with behavior interact with motivational states, and not necessarily in that order

  • @a.bodhichenevey1601
    @a.bodhichenevey1601 Рік тому

    Outstanding Lecture!

  • @dubbedwarrior957
    @dubbedwarrior957 11 місяців тому +1

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    • @The-Well
      @The-Well  11 місяців тому

      Much appreciated! 💡

  • @johannesdeboeck
    @johannesdeboeck 11 місяців тому +1

    "You don’t have an inner lizard or an emotional beast-brain. There is no such thing as a limbic system dedicated to emotions. And your misnamed neocortex is not a new part; many other vertebrates grow the same neurons that, in some animals, organize into a cerebral cortex if key stages run for long enough. Anything you read or hear that proclaims the human neocortex, cerebral cortex, or prefrontal cortex to be the root of rationality, or says that the frontal lobe regulates so-called emotional brain areas to keep irrational behavior in check, is simply outdated or woefully incomplete. The triune brain idea and its epic battle between emotion, instinct, and rationality is a modern myth."
    Excerpt From
    Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
    Lisa Feldman Barrett

  • @serengetilion
    @serengetilion Рік тому +3

    Look here, somebody needs to figure this out cause I just saw another video uploaded 3 days ago from Big Think , she says no the brain isn't made up of 3 systems, that that is the old thinking, that it's ridiculous. I wanna know what's really how it is..

    • @Vagabond-Cosmique
      @Vagabond-Cosmique 11 місяців тому

      Do you remember the name of that person? Or do you have a link to that video?

  • @markg.3171
    @markg.3171 Рік тому +1

    What would the layer 4 progress?

    • @markg.3171
      @markg.3171 Рік тому

      To me in the blockchain of events of us humans, that has internal (other layers) and external validators (friends, mentors, psichologists,etc) there is a layer 4 that goes over space time when we are able to understand each other in the present moment thanks of experience from the past, which make us look into a brighter future. It’s like a forth dimension that unites us. Like doors between kids rooms in monsters SA would.

  • @fookinmatei
    @fookinmatei 2 місяці тому

    i really really love this!

  • @jediTempleGuard
    @jediTempleGuard 3 місяці тому

    As a 2 brainer, I highly appreciate the information given by this 4 brainer gentleman.

  • @KingaGorski
    @KingaGorski Рік тому +2

    Perhaps more appropriate to state that we have 3 'levels' of brain, as opposed to 3 brains? Technicalities aside, loved the insights! 🧠

    • @freyc1
      @freyc1 8 місяців тому

      What do you think "une" in "triune" brain means?

  • @johnjallen
    @johnjallen Рік тому

    Where is this footage from?

  • @lukecarey613
    @lukecarey613 Рік тому

    Fantastic advice. Thank you.

    • @The-Well
      @The-Well  Рік тому +1

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @maxxxtim8407
    @maxxxtim8407 Рік тому +2

    I would love to have a better understanding about this, included with the two brain half's and the systems 1 and 2 out of psychology :3
    Guess I'm into training myself in that way for quite some time..

  • @kolyataracyk9560
    @kolyataracyk9560 Рік тому

    So insightful stuff, thanks

  • @simonanardi4312
    @simonanardi4312 Рік тому

    Fascinating! Thanks!

  • @carhoness78
    @carhoness78 Рік тому +25

    Fantastic content, but haven't we seen this before? 🤔

    • @0ameena0
      @0ameena0 Рік тому +2

      Yes we did..

    • @bertinvick
      @bertinvick Рік тому +1

      Yeah we've seen it

    • @AbhinavLal85
      @AbhinavLal85 Рік тому +6

      Probably from The Big Think

    • @ShesAbsurd
      @ShesAbsurd Рік тому

      @The Answer Hub yes and some people may have missed it - like me lol

  • @jdd1565
    @jdd1565 4 місяці тому

    Absolutely genius! 👏

  • @glenrotchin5523
    @glenrotchin5523 8 місяців тому

    I wonder if this three brain scheme relates to our ability to conceive of time in terms of past, present and future. Reptilian thinking seems to be present mindedness. The emotional limbic brain seems to associate with memory and learning and therefore the past. The neocortex seems associated with the future, being able to think logically about outcomes and consequences.

  • @TomCrockett-bl1gp
    @TomCrockett-bl1gp Рік тому

    Can you talk about Biocybernaut? Thanks

  • @aminam9201
    @aminam9201 Рік тому +1

    That’s not new, already was written many years ago!
    but he can’t differentiate between consciousness type one and type two and the generating of both consciousness type one and personal identity (being awake).
    to concise both limbic system and cortex are processed by self concept, which its location is the brainstem (always there in awake and sleep).

  • @StudioPlus555
    @StudioPlus555 Рік тому

    live in present with full awareness is a success