The 'hot brain' explained by a behavioural psychologist
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What Happens in Our Brains When We Are in Hot Brain Territory?
What is happening in our minds and bodies when we are in hot brain territory well let me give you a refresher on it because it's a really good way for me to perceive it if you hold your hand up and put your fist above your elbow. The message travels along the base of our brain and it travels up through our midbrain now that area is responsible for things like our emotional regulation, memory or fight or flight response. Then eventually it hits our frontal lobe which is why humans have such big farheads and such big heads because we're the most involved species.
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