neurobiologist's guide to mind manipulation 0.5
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A Neurobiologist’s GuideTo Mind Manipulation
“Intra-LA infusions of garcinol impair training-related acetylation of histone H3 and fear memory consolidation.”My Papers
Casey’s Research
Overview
A. Cognitive Restructuring B. Psychological Safety
Part A Cognitive Restructuring
1. Inner vs Outer Brain2. Brain as a System 3. Downward Spiral 4. CBT background 5. How to CBT
LeDoux’s Dual Pathway
Inner vs Outer Brain
Feelings
Limbic System“inner brain”
“low road”FAST ~ms
Thoughts
Cortex“outer brain”
“high road”
SLOW ~s
1. Inner vs Outer Brain 2. Brain as a System3. Downward Spiral 4. CBT background 5. How to CBT
An Engineer’s System
automatic response“mindful”
deliberate response
Inputs
- stimuli from the environment - spontaneous thoughts- spontaneous emotions- current bodily state
Hangry
1. Inner vs Outer Brain 2. Brain as a System 3. Downward Spiral4. CBT background 5. How to CBT
How do we fix this?
1. Inner vs Outer Brain 2. Brain as a System 3. Downward Spiral 4. CBT background5. How to CBT
Depression Anxiety
Bipolar disorder Eating disorders Schizophrenia
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Mental Illnesses
Cognitive BehavioralTherapy Training
Everyone benefits from understanding thoughts &
emotions better
However: - it’s uncomfortable at first - it takes time - it takes energy
but you can power through :)
1. Inner vs Outer Brain 2. Brain as a System 3. Downward Spiral 4. CBT background 5. How to CBT
npm install constant-introspection debugging tool
1. Notice input 2. Process thoughts & emotions 3. Choose response
automatic response“mindful”
deliberate response
1. Whoop!
2a. Process Emotions
Expand emotional vocabulary
Processing Techniques
- write them out - talk about them
View emotions as data
non-judgmentally
2b. Process Thoughts
Now we have emotion data
observe how emotions affect thoughts
Maladaptive Cognitions
or
Unhelpful Thoughts
1. Notice inputs 2. Process thoughts & emotions
3. Choose response
Other Tools
Joyable (app) Therapist
Questions? Emotion in the Brain
Cognitive Restructuring
Part B Psychological Safety
PsycSafe vs
“Safe Space”
PsycSafety shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking
- Amy Edmondson
Project Aristotle (Google)
Failed Correlations
personality types skills
backgrounds management style
Successful Correlations
“group norms” ->
“PsycSafe” team attributes
PsycSafe Traits 1. conversational turn-taking 2. average social sensitivity (~= empathy)
PsycSafe
higher collective IQ
non-PsycSafe
lower collective IQ
Improving PsycSafety
1. Conversational Turn-Taking 2. Decrease Riskiness
Earned Dogmatism Effect Frame as learning
Acknowledge fallibility Ask many questions Declare unknowns
Earned Dogmatism Effect
Framing
learning opportunities >execution problems
Acknowledge Own Fallibility
“I may miss something — I need to hear from you.”
Model Curiosity ask many questions
Declare Unknowns
Earned Dogmatism Effect Frame as learning
Acknowledge fallibility Ask many questions Declare unknowns
1. Conversational Turn-Taking 2. Decrease Riskiness
Propinquity Vulnerability Validation
Depersonalize Ideas Task vs Relationship (PEARLS)
Propinquity
Vulnerability
Validation recognition and acceptance of another person's thoughts,
feelings, sensations, and behaviors as understandable
(whether or not you agree)
1. Be Present 2. Accurate Reflection 3. Mind Reading 4. Context: their background 5. “anyone would” 6. Radical Genuineness
Validation Levels
Depersonalize Ideas
Task Channel vs Relationship Channel
PEARLS
PEARLS
Propinquity Vulnerability Validation
Depersonalize Ideas Task vs Relationship (PEARLS)
1. Conversational Turn-Taking 2. Decrease Riskiness
Questions?
Yay! fin
Bonus Content
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and freedom.
- Viktor Frankl
Anxiety a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease,
typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Rumination compulsively focused attention on the symptoms of one's distress, and on its possible causes and
consequences, as opposed to its solutions
Haidt’s Elephant Model
Post-hocRationalization
More about Joyable (app)
Social Sensitivity“Reading the Mind in the Eyes”