by LesleyLyle | January 2017 | Brain chemicals
Do you feel like we’re at a turning point in history? Every who has ever lived has felt that way because the brain sees the world with itself at the center. We think its wrong to be self-centered, so we tend to overlook this core facet of cognition. The mammal brain...
by LesleyLyle | November 2016 | Brain chemicals
Serotonin may seem like the opposite of conflict since it produces a pleasant feeling. But animal studies show that this pleasantness is the expectation of social dominance. Citations A landmark serotonin study put a one-way mirror between an alpha monkey and his...
by LesleyLyle | October 2016 | Brain chemicals
I find inspiration in the history of psychology. A hundred years ago, the fight-or-flight response was explained by the research of Walter B. Canon. I saw this discovery through his eyes in his autobiography, “The Way of an Investigator: A scientist’s...
by LesleyLyle | September 2016 | Brain chemicals
The expectation of harm Anxiety is the expectation of harm- not a conscious expectation but the flow of electricity into an old circuit that prepares it for action. We can relieve anxiety by learning to re-route that flow into a new circuit. Expectations are the core...
by LesleyLyle | July 2016 | Brain chemicals, Uncategorized
Labelling unwanted behavior as a disorder has advantages and disadvantages. The obvious disadvantage is that it focuses on the problem rather than the solution. This violates the core premise of the positive world view: to focus on the behavior you want rather than...
