The Reptilian Brain In All Of Us.

in #psychology7 years ago

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The brain consists of three parts. We'll go through the oldest to the newest parts, first is the Reptilian brain, then the limbic brain and last the Neocortex. Today I'd like to focus on the Reptilian brain(RB).

It's function is of basic instincts such as survival, mating, feeding and self-maintenance.
This also controls the basic body functions like body temp, heart beats and breathing.
It has set reactions from external triggers, emotions that appear in the reptilian brain are as follows: looking for a mate, worship, fear, greed, aggression, submission, sex and obsessiveness.

The reptilian brain reaction can be seen in people who have road rage, rep brain.jpgthe second that trigger hits, your reptilian brain jumps out and takes control thinking it's threatened, that's why some people black out when they're in rages or get instantly mad, when cut off and go in a rage. The reaction is to display dominance.

Sex can stimulate the brain and shut down the thinking brain, kirk-fighting-our-evil-reptilian-overlords.jpgwhich makes the person easy to persuade, sex can cause the reptilian brain to submit, worship, aggression and to seek a mate. This may be why a woman's voice over the phone may cause the male to be more willing to buy their product if their reptilian brain helps them think this may get them laid.

Lots of money can trigger the reptilian brain to become more dominant, making their greed and aggression trigger finger hair thin, rich-lizard.jpgmaking the money they possess is their way of establishing dominance.

Self-appearance can stimulate the reptilian brain to purchase items of emulate the attractive model images.jpgand make it seem they are apart of that model that had persuaded them into that purchase, this triggers self-maintenance, obsessive behavior and dominance, if they are not welcomed for their new purchase to improve their social status they become jealous, competitive and aggressive.

Food, a lack of food(fasting 16-24 hours) can actually cause the over-all brain to become sharper, retain information more easily and give us a power boost, while our system boosts our HGH, removes extra body fat and gives your digestive system time to remove all the gunk from your digestive system and regulate your bodies natural chemicals, fasting can actually improve the brains health as well.
On the other note about hungry, comes the expression hangry,images (1).jpg where hunger can cause you to become more aggressive, since your mind is focused on food reward. If there is a shortage of food, people tend to turn more primal and their character can change like you would never expect, mirroring that of an animal that's last resort is that food it may be protecting or trying to get to.

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This is what I've got on the reptilian brain, let me know what you think in the comments below and ask me about something you may be interested in me writing about next.

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Also during the course of pregnancy the human fetus has a tail for some time before it fuses into the spine.

Thanks, true. Some people are born with the tail still!

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