Visual cortex is fundamentally a machine whose job is to generate a model of the world. — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
The frontal cortex doesn't even fully develop until age 25, which is wild! — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“the cortex uses the same computational tool to accomplish everything it does.” — Jeff Hawkins Copy Share Image
“anterior medial prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortices (amPFC, PCC)—while” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“The frontal lobes are one of the most important parts of the cortex to understand.” — Catherine M. Pittman Copy Share Image
The new frontiers to be conquered are mainly in the convolutions of the cortex. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“new study has shown that routine daily stress shuts down the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for decision making,… — Rudolph E. Tanzi Copy Share Image
“As the level of ambiguity increases, amygdalae activity continues to increase, and ventral striatum activity continues to decrease.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“The quick reaction that results from the amygdala pathway is typically called the fight-or-flight response.” — Catherine M. Pittman Copy Share Image
“you asked amygdala experts what behavior their favorite brain structure brings to mind, “aggression” wouldn’t top their list. It would be fear… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
“Sustained stress has numerous adverse effects. The amygdala becomes overactive and more coupled to pathways of habitual behavior; it is easier to… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“The lateral nucleus is the part of the amygdala that receives incoming messages from the senses.” — Catherine M. Pittman Copy Share Image
“The close connection of the central nucleus to elements of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) provides the amygdala with a great deal… — Catherine M. Pittman Copy Share Image
Brains distinguish between an Us and a Them in a fraction of a second. Subliminal processing of a Them activates the amygdala… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Stick recording electrodes into numerous species’ amygdalaefn9 and see when neurons there have action potentials; this turns out to be when the… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Powerful support for an amygdaloid role in fear processing comes from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In PTSD sufferers the amygdala is overreactive… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“THE AMYGDALAfn8 IS the archetypal limbic structure, sitting under the cortex in the temporal lobe. It is central to mediating aggression, along… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Moderate, transient stress (i.e., the good, stimulatory stress) promotes hippocampal LTP, while prolonged stress disrupts it and promotes LTD—one reason why cognition… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“It’s not until the non-NMDA has been stimulated over and over by a long train of glutamate release, allowing enough sodium to… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“The amygdala responds to imaginary information in the same way it responds to a real situation, so anxiety brought about by thoughts… — Matt Lewis Copy Share Image
NMDA receptors are concentrated in the areas that control learning and memory, higher functions like multitasking, and some of the more subtle… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
“the brain is hardwired to allow the amygdala to seize control in times of danger. And because of this wiring, it’s difficult… — Catherine M. Pittman Copy Share Image
“When you get the news that everyone else disagrees with you, there is also activation of the (emotional) vmPFC, the anterior cingulate… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Joseph LeDoux at New York University has shown how the BLA learns fear.fn14,20 Expose a rat to an innate trigger of fear—a… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Diallo, a West African immigrant in New York, matched a description of a rapist. Four white officers questioned him, and when the… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Chapter 3 discusses some unsettling research—stick your average person in a brain scanner, and show him a picture of someone of another… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
The anterior cingulate fires up as the end result of a series of events. First, estrogen levels fall. Meanwhile, serotonin, the feel-good… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“in adults the anterior cingulate cortex activates when they see someone hurt. Ditto for the amygdala and insula, especially in instances of… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Despite their differences, pride, shame, and guilt all activate similar neural circuits, including the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, insula, and the nucleus… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
The frontal cortex is an incredibly interesting part of the brain - ours is proportionately bigger and/or more complex than in any… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Did destruction of the human amygdala lessen aggression? Pretty clearly so, when violence was a reflexive, inchoate outburst preceding a seizure.” — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Once we start believing that the apocalypse is coming, the amygdala goes on high alert, filtering out most anything that says otherwise. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
“amygdalae filter through the information to determine its threat-level significance and mobilizes a response.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
“even a small amount of ambiguity triggers increased activity in the amygdalae—two deep brain structures that play a major role in our… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
The amygdala, along with related areas..., plays a crucial role in coordinating perceptions with memory and behavior. These regions are especially sensitive… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share Image
The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
