Presentation about triune brain and what you can do to balance your three brains

1. TRIO INFERNALE
how understanding your brain
can help you to improve yourself
by Eugene Belyaev
Self-Improvement Meetup Munich
25th November 2014

2. Who am I?

3. Why this talk?

7. Essentially, all models are
wrong, but some are useful.
George E.P. Box
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8. Oldest (400 million years)
Fastest
Similar to…
birds and reptiles
Features
survival instinct
direct stimulus-response
fight-or-flight
competition
aggression
domination
repetition
ritual
desire to hoard resources
Reptilian Brain

9. All of our senses feed
the reptile first
Reactive mind
The unconscious
sections of the
brain
Reptilian Brain

10. Limbic System
Reptilian Brain
40 million
years old
Similar to…
mammals
Features
belonging
connection
motherhood
emotion

11. Limbic System
Reptilian Brain
Plays central role
in mind/body
connection
When in control:
chaotic lifestyle
(child brain)

12. Neocortex
Limbic System
Reptilian Brain
Newest and
biggest part,
but slowest,
very resource-hungry
Similar to…
Apes and dolphins
Features
intellectual
planning
logic
rational
language
abstractions
symbols

13. Everything is connected
Neocortex
Limbic System
Reptilian Brain

14. Let’s have some drinks…

15. Let’s have some drinks…

16. Let’s have some drinks…
Ein Glühwein.
Swei Glühwein.

17. Let’s have some more drinks…
Ein Glühwein.
Swei Glühwein.

18. Let’s have some more drinks…
Ein Glühwein.
Swei Glühwein.
Rei Lühwei.
Hie Hühei.

19. MORE!!!
Ein Glühwein.
Swei Glühwein.
Rei Lühwei.
Hie Hühei.

20. Ein Glühwein.
Swei Glühwein.
Rei Lühwei.
Hie Hühei.
Flünei.
Snlwln.

21. There are some problems
you probably know…

22. Problem #1
They have a time delay

23. Problem #2
In stressful situations
the higher brain
becomes slower…

24. Problem #2
In dangerous situations
the higher brain
even shuts off.

25. But the greatest language barrier lies
between man and his animal brains;
the neural machinery does not exist for
intercommunication in verbal terms.
Paul D. MacLean
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26. Problem #3
They don’t exchange
information very well

27. Problem #4
Neocortex is very
energy-consuming

28. Neocortex
CEO of your brain
Right Brain Functions
Holistic thought
Intuition
Creativity
Art & music
Left Brain Functions
Analytic thought
Logic
Language
Science & math

29. Problem #5
Imbalance toward one
set of functions or the other
Neocortex
CEO of your brain

30. Right Brain Functions
Imbalance towards
the left hemisphere
Left Brain Functions
Limbic system ceases
to provide emotional
balance between
thought and action
Dominating
Greed
Desire to control
Compulsive behaviors
Aggression

31. Right Brain Functions
Imbalance towards
the right hemisphere
Left Brain Functions
Limbic system gets
control and we get
ruled by out-of-control
emotions.
Nervous
Paranoic
Lack of self-worth
Guilt
Fear
Depression

32. WAR
inside your brain

33. Can I do something
about it?

34. 1.
Understanding
the magic

35. 2.
Syncing
the brains

36. Mind
Heart
Body
Syncing the brains

37. Future
Past
Present
Syncing the brains

38. 3.
Observe
and apply

39. Take it out of the building…

41. Questions?
Eugene Belyaev
Self-Improvement Meetup Munich
25th November 2014