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Your Brain Is Not the Source of Fear


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Our usual thinking is to pin the cause of the fear on the brain.

So we say “we feel fear because x area of the brain activates. If it didn’t activate, we wouldn’t feel fear. It’s because of my brain”

How can your brain “cause” fear? How can a squidgy lump of flesh cause fear?

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 8th April episode, The Limits of Brain Science.

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Deep PsychologyBy Ross Edwards