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Huberman Lab
The book is referenced as a classic argument for the idea that the rational part of the brain must tame the emotional part in order to achieve goals. This argument is contradicted by Carol Dweck's research, which suggests that the emotional regions of the brain are actually the teachers that train the prefrontal cortex to pursue goals.
And the classic argument in going back to Plato and the Phaedrus, is that the rational acting part of the brain plans out what it wants, makes all these calculations and then has to tame the emotional...
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The book is referenced as a classic argument for the idea that the rational part of the brain must tame the emotional part in order to achieve goals. This argument is contradicted by Carol Dweck's research, which suggests that the emotional regions of the brain are actually the teachers that train the prefrontal cortex to pursue goals.
And the classic argument in going back to Plato and the Phaedrus, is that the rational acting part of the brain plans out what it wants, makes all these calculations and then has to tame the emotional part in order to make those goals into a reality.
And so the emotion, you know, the amygdala, the mesolymbic, that's this unruly horse that the charioteer has to harness, you know?
And I think that Carol argued, and I think other people have argued too. I've seen Adriana Galvan and Ron Dahl and others argue this, that the affective regions are often the teacher and the prefrontal is the student.
And what Carol argued is that Phaedra's had is totally wrong. It's not that the prefrontal charioteer is taming the emotional. It's really that the affective part is training the prefrontal to be better at pursuing the goals that matter in the social milieu that you have.
