Amygdala hijack

  • Published: 05-22-2014 Edited: 05-22-2014
  • Basically a visual stimuli which is interpretated as threatening by the Organic Contextualization will make the Organic Contextualization override the Deterministic Contextualization. But this can be trained with various psychological techniques.



    "From the thalamus, a part of the stimulus goes directly to the amygdala while another part is sent to the neocortex (the "thinking brain"). If the amygdala perceives a match to the stimulus, i.e., if the record of experiences in the hippocampus tells the amygdala that it is a fight, flight or freeze situation, then the amygdala triggers the HPA (hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal) axis and hijacks the rational brain. This emotional brain activity processes information milliseconds earlier than the rational brain, so in case of a match, the amygdala acts before any possible direction from the neocortex can be received. If, however, the amygdala does not find any match to the stimulus received with its recorded threatening situations, then it acts according to the directions received from the neo-cortex. When the amygdala perceives a threat, it can lead that person to react irrationally and destructively.[3]"

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    Read about the limbic system and Organic Execution here.