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The Self Aware Advisor:
The Key to Seeing and influencing Others
September 11, 2013
THE NEURON
The Highways and Byways of the Brain
• 100 billion neurons
• Every neuron may be touched by as many as 10,000 other
nerve cell axons
• 1000 trillion different possible synaptic connections (more
connections in one brain than stars in the universe)
• 16 billion neurons in the cerebral cortex alone
• Neurons form dense connected plexus in different areas of
the brain
• The activation of neurons and their networks are the building
block of all mental processes
• The greater the stimulation in terms of frequency of
signals (30-1000/sec) the stronger are the electrochemical signals.
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THE NEURON
SEROTONIN & DOPAMINE PATHWAYS
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Right Brain Connections to the Left Brain, Limbic and
Autonomic Systems
Input
Left Hemisphere
Language,
Categorical
Right
Hemisphere
Imagery,
Relational
Limbic System
Motivation and Emotion
Brainstem
Regulation of autonomic function
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Adapted from Schore, Foreword, p. xiv, The shadow of the tsunami by Bromberg
Social Brain Functions
Face Processing
Which face shows more emotion: The face in
the middle, or the two “right” sides (far left) or
the two “left” sides (far right)?
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THE MIRRON NEURON SYSTEM
Mirror Neurons are Innate and Epigenetic
The capacity for babies to imitate others is online from birth. Meltzoff tested a baby 41
minutes old, who, like the baby seen in this slide from a 1977 Science article, imitated the
motor actions of facial expressions. Babies can learn by imitating (contra Piaget who
thought must be 2) and they enjoy being imitated (peek-a-boo and remember co-imitation
in the video?). Fire together, wire together the way the innate mirror neuron system is built.
Imitation in pre-verbal toddlers. Imitation is lifelong. Memes.
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THE MIRRON NEURON SYSTEM (MNS)
Where Are Mirror Neurons?
Posterior STS = visual input The
mirror neuron system (MNS)
(red) is composed of
the parietal MNS, which is
mostly concerned with the
motoric description of the
action. It sends a signal to the
frontal MNS, which is more
concerned with the goal of the
action. The black arrows
represent copies of motor
imitative commands that are
sent back to the STS to allow
matching between the sensory
predictions of imitative motor
plans and the visual description
of the observed action.
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