What if the key to understanding our emotions lies not in our thoughts, but in the ancient structures of our brain?
Lucy brings a refreshing spontaneity as she delves into neuropsychoanalytics, candidly sharing her distaste for certain aspects of Freudian psychology, despite her training in it.
This episode offers a truly humbling and genuine introduction to the archaeology of the brain, exploring the distinction between emotion and affect, the key brain structures involved, and the emotional systems that drive human behavior.
✨ GOLDEN NUGGETS ✨
Affect vs. Emotion: The crucial distinction between raw, biological affects and the complex emotions we construct from them.
The Motherboard of the Mind: How key brain structures like the mirror neuron system and periaqueductal gray shape our emotional lives.
The Power of Play: Why rough-and-tumble play is essential for developing affects and healthy child development.
The Seven Emotional Systems: A deep dive into the care, panic grief, seeking, rage, and lust systems—and how they interact.
🔗 CONNECT WITH DR. BRIAN TIERNEY
Website: https://somaticdoctor.com/
Articles: https://medium.com/@boundlessbodypod
🔗 LUCY BIVEN'S BOOKS
A Short-Cut to Understanding Affective Neuroscience: https://www.amazon.com/Short-Cut-Understanding-Affective-Neuroscience/dp/1638600961
Archaeology of the Mind:
https://www.amazon.com/Archaeology-Mind-Neuroevolutionary-Interpersonal-Neurobiology/dp/0393705315/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TCQ3WQ3W40HQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yj9ybWsqB5T7ijUcdhLabYw7sXD-C4vMa2ZhPwJUXoTCuknDcXYzJGhLerQmktuJQTjJ54epkSSuIRo2pCnDXE4KBpOn_u60bAd-t9KfLFSQ-97ivPl0IS4Qaxoi8vwO_jpn1pSUDO2FQzQWTTsgei2xc_k4FPnqtdt5DLJs1ClSWXGz_lAyptilT9smHfJGz2IZLw-jqFANF6u50rvrahpPG9DEIU0NPmet4QejDak.E1W8lqVob0SxkmopDfI4reieTcrkQ2ysdvcBka7tg7w&dib_tag=se&keywords=archaeology+of+the+mind+book&qid=1716822628&s=books&sprefix=achaeology+of+the+mind+boo%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C239&sr=1-1
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction and Background
00:38 Distinguishing Emotion and Affect
03:22 Affects and Emotions in Other Species
04:09 The Play System and Rough and Tumble Play05:46 The Importance of Play and Affects
06:43 The Complexity of Affects and Neurobiology
09:38 Rough and Tumble Play vs. Stylized Play1
2:04 The Need for Comprehensible Neuroscience
13:25 The Importance of Play in Child Development
16:22 Gender Asymmetries in Rough and Tumble Play
23:47 The Complexity of Neuroscience and Psychiatry
25:08 The Limitations of Current Neuroscience Knowledge
28:07 The Heuristics and Oversimplification in Neuroscience Models
29:30 The Proto-Self and Core Self in Affective Neuroscience
32:43 The Thalamus and Core Self in Affective Neuroscience
33:16 Different Neuroscientists and Brain Structures
36:43 The Periaqueductal Gray
41:30 The Care System
45:19 The Panic Grief System
52:29 The Seeking System
59:44 The Rage System
01:03:25 The Lust System
01:04:22 Exploring the Relationship Between Care and Lust
01:05:11 Critiquing Freud's Theories
01:05:48 Gender Differences in Lust
01:06:42 The Biological Basis of Gender Dysphoria
01:07:47 The Limitations of Studying Gender Dysphoria in Rats
01:08:16 The Complexity of Studying the Cortex
01:08:46 The Relationship Between Affects and Homeostasis
01:09:15 The Role of Social Contagion in Gender Dysphoria
01:10:40 The Interplay Between Gender and Sexuality
01:12:33 Reviewing the Seven Affects
01:13:20 Exploring Homeostasis and the Seeking System
01:19:58 The Relationship Between Affects and Homeostasis
01:21:26 The Sacrificial Nature of Life01:23:35 Cell Death and Remodeling in the Brain
01:25:18 The Role of Sacrifice in Nature
01:27:04 The Low After Achieving a Goal
01:31:40 Supporting the Seeking System in Clinical Practice
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