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The idea of a ‘lizard brain’ wrapped in a limbic system and topped by a rational neocortex is a myth.
Drawn from what Lisa Feldman Barrett said
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- Lisa Feldman Barrett Canadian-American psychologist and neuroscientist
It dismantles the myth that you have a "lizard brain" for instincts, wrapped in a "limbic system" for emotions, topped by a "neocortex" for rationality.
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