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Ep 519 - Paul H Smith, PhD, (ret) Major, US Army

My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston

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The Mirror Neuron Gap

In a YouTube clip, a woman gave advice for men trying to understand women. She said that if you're significant others upstairs, and she says, Hey, babe, can you come up here for a minute? That means there's something she wants you to fix. And what I talked about is that when we go through life, and we're doing things for people we love, even if we're not scorekeepers, we would like them to care about us. There are certain things that widen the mirror neuron gap such as sarcasm, criticism, being dismissive. It really widens it and causes agitation, amygdala hijack, high cortisol.

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