neurobiologist's guide to mind manipulation 0.7
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“Intra-LA infusions of garcinol impair training-related acetylation of histone H3 and fear memory consolidation.”My Papers
Casey’s Research
Feelings
Limbic System“inner brain”
“low road”FAST ~ms
Thoughts
Cortex“outer brain”
“high road”
SLOW ~s
Inputs
- stimuli from the environment- things that happen - people’s words/actions
- spontaneous thoughts- spontaneous emotions- current bodily state
Notice Something -> negative Automatic Feelings -> negative Automatic Thoughts -> negative Automatic Feelings ->
Maladaptive Response
Depression Anxiety
Bipolar disorder Eating disorders Schizophrenia
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Mental Illnesses
However: - it takes time - it takes energy - it’s uncomfortable at first
but you can power through :)
automatic input automatic feelings automatic thoughts automatic response
deliberate input deliberate feelings deliberate thoughts deliberate response
Automatic Deliberate
npm install constant-introspection
debugging tool
Note:May experience performance issues if
debugging tools are enabled in production
Hangry, wet, raining, late Stepped in a puddle
“Today sucks.” (Things that will happen
will also be bad)
“If I’m late, I should just not go.”
Hangry, wet, raining, late Stepped in a puddle
“Today sucks.” (Things that will happen
will also be bad)
“Wet shoes are THE WORST”
More Adaptive Thoughts
“I am feeling frustrated”
“This hangriness will go away when I eat”
“I’ll feel great after I dry off”
Not necessarily an “upward spiral” but just not a “downward spiral”
Notice Something ->
negative Automatic Feelings -> negative Automatic Thoughts -> positive Deliberate Thoughts ->
less negative Feelings ->Adaptive Response
PsycSafety shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking
- Amy Edmondson
Failed Correlations
personality types skills
backgrounds management style
Successful Correlations
“group norms” ->
“PsycSafe” team attributes
Decrease Riskiness Propinquity Vulnerability Validation
Depersonalize Ideas Task vs Relationship (PEARLS)
Conversational Turn-Taking
Earned Dogmatism Effect Frame as learning
Acknowledge fallibility Ask many questions Declare unknowns
Decrease Riskiness Propinquity Vulnerability Validation
Depersonalize Ideas Task vs Relationship (PEARLS)
Conversational Turn-Taking
Earned Dogmatism Effect Frame as learning
Acknowledge fallibility Ask many questions Declare unknowns
Earned Dogmatism Effect Frame as learning
Acknowledge fallibility Ask many questions Declare unknowns
Decrease Riskiness Propinquity Vulnerability Validation
Depersonalize Ideas Task vs Relationship (PEARLS)
Conversational Turn-Taking
Earned Dogmatism Effect Frame as learning
Acknowledge fallibility Ask many questions Declare unknowns
Decrease Riskiness Propinquity Vulnerability Validation
Depersonalize Ideas Task vs Relationship (PEARLS)
Conversational Turn-Taking
Earned Dogmatism Effect Frame as learning
Acknowledge fallibility Ask many questions Declare unknowns
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
Decrease Riskiness Propinquity Vulnerability Validation
Depersonalize Ideas Task vs Relationship (PEARLS)
Conversational Turn-Taking
Earned Dogmatism Effect Frame as learning
Acknowledge fallibility Ask many questions Declare unknowns
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