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Last but far from least comes the prefrontal brain.
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This one is a marvel of evolution.
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It makes us humans unique as no other living being has as a brain structure the way we have it.
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Because let's face it everything we've seen so far of three brain structures are widespread in the animal
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kingdom the reptilian and Palio limbic mode are so basic that using them puts us in a state where we
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have no connection anymore with our logical thinking abilities.
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On the other hand it is true that in the neo limbic lies the essence of who we are as individuals with
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our own memories and motivations.
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Still that doesn't make us human.
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Anyone who has a dog or a cat at home will be able to testify that those animals have their own character
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traits likes dislikes and motivations.
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So it is the prefrontal brain that makes us human not so much the fact of having one as some of the
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more evolved mammals actually also have a prefrontal brain.
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I'm thinking here for example dolphins dogs elephants and the other great apes the size of their prefrontal
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brain is actually the normal size.
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Ours is just ridiculously huge.
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It's almost as if it was pimped and it has this oversized prefrontal brain that makes us truly human
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how well remember our caveman from the reptilian brain the one who was being hunted down by a pack of
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wolves.
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Yes him.
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Well if you compare him with a cave bear there is one thing that distinguishes both even though generations
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of cave bears live for thousands of years in caves never has a single one of them thought about decorating
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the place.
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I mean putting a little paint on the walls drawing some wild animals is going to hurt.
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OK OK.
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Sure.
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Bears can't paint.
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So what about the Klaas.
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Why haven't they used it to carve some nice patterns.
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Or maybe just a signature type at the entrance to state.
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The cave was theirs.
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Why prefrontal brain size.
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That's why this prefrontal brain works like some kind of supercomputer on a totally unconscious level.
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Drawing conclusions from all of the difference and serial inputs it gets creating innovative combinations
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to come up with new ways to deal with the situation at hand.
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This way the prefrontal mode is a champion of adaptation and creativity especially suited for unknown
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and complex situations as we saw before.
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Tony your limbic brain works as some kind of autopilot dealing with the World As We Know It.
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It is the home of all our little habits and routines which make us function very efficiently in our
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daily lives sort of prefrontal brain is the one dealing with new and complex situations.
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Let me correct that the prefrontal brain should be the one dealing with new and complex situations because
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no it's not always the case.
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Let me give you a couple of examples of automatic mode when adaptive mode would have made a huge difference.
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Twelfth publishing firms turned down J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter book Dickau records turned down
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the Beatles in 1962.
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The Titanic I think there's a world market for maybe five computers said the IBM chairman and 1943 Who
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the hell wants to hear actors talk.
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Came from Warner Brothers in 1927 and a Tarion HBO turning down Steve Jobs idea of a personal computer.
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Now I could go on like this for hours whenever someone thought of something new.
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There has always been others unable to see further than what currently is failing to see what could
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be.
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They stayed stuck in their limbic mode when what they should have done is switch to their prefrontal
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brain.
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Now the point I'm trying to make is that when we use our limbic brain we're not able to see further
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than what we already know our existing experiences.
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Hence the toning down of big opportunities when you have to make decisions on new things.
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We should switch to our prefrontal brain.
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This one enables us to adapt to change and deal with complex decision making.
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It doesn't ensure we'll take the right decision nor does it mean we'll agree with any change just for
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the sake of adaptation.
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No no it only means we'll use all our knowledge and creativity to be able to see a possible future and
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then make a decision yes or no.
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This in contrast to the limbic brain where we'll just reject the idea because it has never worked before.
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So the reaction of one of brothers who wants to hear actors thought it's a very good example of this
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at this point in time in 1927 all movies were mute as limbic brain couldn't imagine anything else.
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His prefrontal brain would have been able to and maybe he still would have decided not to go for it
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maybe because of financial reasons why investments but not because he couldn't imagine people not wanting
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to hear people talk.
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He didn't.
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Ditto with the IBM chairman stating there was a world market for maybe five computers.
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His limbic brain wasn't able to project a world with computers no larger than a book and much more capacity
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than at that time.
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Of course not all change is good neither is all resistance bad.
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Using our prefrontal brain when we need to helps us taking into account all the available information
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and taking the best possible decision based on that our prefrontal brain is also home to our creativity
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intuition spirituality but also our adaptability an indicator that our prefrontal brain is active is
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our emotions.
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We feel calm serenity and full control.
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We are on top of our game.
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This is the true land of possibility right there behind our forehead our prefrontal cortex the marvel
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of evolution.
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So to summarize the prefrontal brain this is the part of our brain which should switch on whenever we
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face a complex situation or we need to adapt to new circumstances.
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Unfortunately often we don't which leads to resistance to change and bad decision making.
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