Video was clipped early. The nine functions of the "upstairs brain" are: Bodily Regulation, Attuned Communication, Emotion Regulation, Response Flexibility, Fear Modulation, Insight, Empathy, Morality, and Intuition (MOL 201, 2010 [class slides]).
This is an old video. Unfortunately there are still people out there who are using this ridiculous analogy. Kids can handle words like amygdala and frontal lobe or even prefrontal cortex. But we’re using upstairs brain and downstairs brain which is tantamount to saying hammer anvil and stirrup. And for god sakes use the actual names for the structures of the brain with educated adults. This crap just helps to sell books and programs and gadgets
the marshmallow experiment was about delayed gratification and it turned out to be mostly defined by socioeconomic background: those raised in a safe environment had made the experience that promises are kept while those in more challenging circumstances had to take care of themselves and secure everything at stake immediately. Nonetheless delayed gratification is an faculty of the neocortex (commencing delay and the imaginary gain) while gratification at last is facilitated through the limbic system (Ncl. accumbens). Dan Siegel explained the equilibrium very well - I am just concerned that the reptilian brain often is portrayed as singular negative.Because it's not, it's the home of senses and all experienced emotions including joy while the neocortex is able to think of joy or ways to get there - but then again for the experience the limbic system itself is needed.
Yes, you can NOT think about the future if you are starving and your basic core needs are not met - Shelter and food are core needs and if you do not know when you are eating next and have home insecurity, homelessness and do not feel safe and protected by parental figures guess what ....you can be reactive and not think of the future because you are just reacting to the world in a fight, flight, freeze and fawn mode. Also very hard for kids to learn in school when they have trauma and drama going on at home. Sad thing is when you have to be hyper vigilante at home you get wired that way and if you have high ACES score that trauma will come back to wreak havoc on your health as an adult if you don't deal with the past, even when things are peaceful and calm in current setting. Also you can subconsciously find not so great people to re-create un-healthy patterns with because that is all you ever knew and can gravitate towards unhealthy people because they seem familiar. Life can be so tricky if we don't learn from our past.
The nine functions of the "upstairs brain" are: Bodily Regulation, Attuned Communication, Emotion Regulation, Response Flexibility (Distress tolerance), Fear Modulation (Reframing), Insight, Empathy, Morality, and Intuition
@ zeke Yes, it is amazingly complex and intelligent in design. Isn’t it interesting that the portion of the brain that is responsible for danger or threat is deeply encased within the skull. Just as the heart is deeply protected by the sternum to protect it from injury.
I wonder if there is there is a similar reaction when the "downstairs brain" is triggered by pictures of suffering of sentient beings and the ability to empathize and develop a constructive response goes offline.
Well thank goodness he knows his audience better than you do. He's speaking to a room of parents. It may help you pass exams, but I'm not sure your pompous and superior attitude will get you far in clinical practice. Or indeed, life.
@@221b-Maker-Street My goodness, I'm pompous and arrogant just for expressing a legitimate opinion? I have heard so many non-experts cite neuroscience to justify stupid things it can get frustrating. I'm not saying this guy doesn't know his stuff. But "upstairs brain" and "downstairs brain" are extremely outdated models. They may have been more credible back in 2012. But people like you who try to condemn young people for speaking out on things like this are why the medical profession has been so slow to advance and why there is so much groupthink in academic hospitals (young doctors don't want to question their superiors).
