Memes with the Watson keyword “primitive brain”

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Political Detox - Why Political Discussions Become Disrespectful

For one week, political stories are off-topic. Please flag them. Please also flag political threads on non-political stories. For our part, we'll kill such stories and threads when we see them. Then we'll watch together to see what happens. Why? Political conflicts cause harm here. The values of Hacker News are…

Dec 28, 2016 1

discussion
disputation
politics

The Upstairs and Downstairs Brain

Our amygdala (pronounced uh-MIG-duh-luh) is about the size and shape of an almond and is part of the limbic area, which resides in the downstairs brain. The amygdala’s job is to quickly process and express emotions, especially anger and fear. This little mass of gray matter is the watchdog of the brain, remaining…

Dec 27, 2013 1

brain
children
neurology
parenting