The document discusses how states, such as emotions, influence human behavior and experiences. It notes that emotions are hardwired biological responses common across cultures, and that learning requires being in attentive states. While many states can occur simultaneously, people usually pay most attention to the dominant state. The document emphasizes that states regulate human lives and behaviors.

3.  “The bottom line is that states mean so
much to us they are the only (absolutely
only) things we ever pay money for!

4.  Pay bills? That rid you of a state of anxiety
about being in debt or under obligation.
 Buy new clothes? That helped you feel
better in a new, well-dressed state.
 Go out to eat? Food helps you enjoy the
state of being “full” and the pleasure of
being served a meal is relaxing.

5. Anxiety
Hunger
Frustration
There primary Depression
emotions are Hope
joy, fear, anger,
disgust, surprise
and sadness. Apathy
Confusion Bliss

6.  States
vary by culture with one major
exception: emotions.
 Emotionsare also biological, “hard-wired”
responses common to all cultures. (p. 14)

7.  Learningrequires attractor states for
receptivity, understanding and retrieval.

8. Many “potential states“ can occur simultaneously, but we
usually pay attention to only the dominant ones.
NEXT STATE
DISGUST PATIENCE
FRUSTRATION

9.  True!
Anger can be the most stable state for
some people.
People in this position may pick fights with others
just to feel like themselves be re-entering a
familiar state.

10. Manage states well and
the learning will take
care of itself.

11.  States are like weather in your brain.
 States run your lives.
 States regulate motion.
 States precede behaviors.
 States are shifting neural networks.
 States are self-organized.