Excerpt:
"The latest research in neuroscience confirms that emotion and cognition can best be thought of as separate but interacting functions or systems, each with its unique intelligence. Our research is showing that the key to the successful integration of the mind and emotions lies in increasing the coherence (ordered, harmonious function) in both systems and bringing them into phase with one another. While two-way communication between the cognitive and emotional systems is hard-wired into the brain, the actual number of neural connections going from the emotional centers to the cognitive centers is greater than the number going the other way. This goes some way to explain the tremendous power of emotions, in contrast to thought alone. Once an emotion is experienced, it becomes a powerful motivator of future behaviors, affecting moment-to-moment actions, attitudes and long-term achievements. Emotions can easily bump mundane events out of awareness, but non-emotional forms of mental activity (like thoughts) do not so readily displace emotions from the mental landscape. Likewise, experience reminds us that the most pervasive thoughts – those least easily dismissed – are typically those fueled by the greatest intensity of emotion. Because emotions exert such a powerful influence on cognitive activity, at IHM we have discovered that intervening at the emotional level is often the most efficient way to initiate change in mental patterns and processes. Our research demonstrates that the application of tools and techniques designed to increase coherence in the emotional system can often bring the mind into greater coherence as well.
It is our experience that the degree of coherence between the mind and emotions can vary considerably. When they are out-of-phase, overall awareness is reduced. Conversely, when they are in-phase, awareness is expanded. This interaction affects us on a number of levels: Vision, listening abilities, reaction times, mental clarity, feeling states and sensitivities are all influenced by the degree of mental and emotional coherence experienced at any given moment. "
Also, the article points out that it's been found that the HEART contains it's own set of neurotransmitters. (Just like the BRAIN.) It's has it's own mini-brain! Read the whole article here:
http://www.heartmath.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=51I was looking for the research on how the brain basically goes into "brain-lock" (my term) when encountering anger type emotions. It shuts down, basically, and won't take in new information until the adrenaline and other chemicals have stabilized.
That's why I said on another post it does no good to try and intercede between conflicts here on the board. The posters MUST calm down, then address the issue.
Hard to do when a new post can throw a person into a new batch of adrenaline release. What a rollercoaster!
Interesting stuff....
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