The Dual Process Account and Beyond: Understanding the Brain's Multiple Systems

The dual process account refers to the two systems in the brain: fast and automatic, and slow and cognitive./nSigmund Freud's model of the psyche divided it into three parts: the id, the ego, and the super ego./nNeuroscientist Paul McLean's model suggests that the brain is made of three layers representing different stages of evolutionary development./nThere are many systems in the brain, and different ways to divide things up when it comes to understanding human behavior.