Mammalian Brain Function

The thalamis receives information from our five senses. When that information includes threat or danger, cuse, the amigdala signals us to protect and defend ourselves. The migdala also alerts us to stimuli associated with good feelings. The hippocampus remembers important information and consolidates it into long term memory. These experiences of shared pleasure or pain are also incoted as non verbal memories of attachment - laying down templates for expectations of future relationships. Frontal cortex is split across the left and right hemispheres. It processes information in a more symbolic, implicit and non linear fashion. This part of the brain matures and develops beginning in childhood through early adult hood. For example, if