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Brain Regulates the Body
- The brain evolved primarily to regulate the body for metabolic efficiency, not just to think or feel.
- All our senses and thoughts serve the purpose of maintaining bodily regulation.
Sensation Is Brain Construction
- Sensations like feeling wet are brain constructions, not direct skin perceptions.
- The brain combines sensory inputs and past experiences to create all feelings and perceptions.
Myth of the Lizard Brain
- The concept of an inner 'lizard brain' controlling instinctual urges is a myth.
- Brain structures did not evolve in hierarchical layers nor support this outdated battle notion between rational and emotional parts.