Limbic System
A part of the brain responsible for emotions, developed over 40 million years of evolution. Mistaking its signals for happiness leads to chasing fleeting feelings.
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Videos Mentioning Limbic System
Dr. Paul Conti: How to Build and Maintain Healthy Relationships | Huberman Lab Guest Series
Andrew Huberman
The emotional parts of the brain that are deeply impacted by trauma and contribute to repetition compulsion by making past trauma feel immediate.
How To Take Full Control Of Your Mind: Prof. Steve Peters, The Chimp Paradox | E96
The Diary Of A CEO
A part of the brain that works with the orbitofrontal cortex (chimp circuitry) to store experiences and memories, particularly emotional ones.
The Science of Emotions & Relationships
Andrew Huberman
A collection of brain structures often linked to emotions but is only one component of emotional inputs, not the sole location of emotions.
Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works | Lex Fridman Podcast #129
Lex Fridman
A part of the brain mistakenly associated with emotions in the discredited 'three-layered brain' model.
How Your Brain Works & Changes
Andrew Huberman
A primitive part of the brain involved in reflexive responses, often in a tug-of-war with the frontal cortex during deliberate actions.
#377 ‒ Special episode: Understanding true happiness and the tools to cultivate a meaningful life
Peter Attia MD
A part of the brain responsible for emotions, developed over 40 million years of evolution. Mistaking its signals for happiness leads to chasing fleeting feelings.
Tim Urban | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A set of brain structures involved in emotion, motivation, and memory, which Tim Urban humorously simplifies into the 'instant gratification monkey' when discussing procrastination.