COMN 2111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Daniel Kahneman, Neocortex, Limbic System
11 Apr 2016
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The mind in communication: the adaptive (cognitive) unconscious. Reading 5 for oct 15 th (dk 1 pp. The cognitive unconscious is: automatic, fast, effortless, rigid, it sees and acts - pattern detection and reaction, it decides by association of stored data, works in the here and now - always paying attention. Daniel kahneman distinguishes our two minds by: system 1 = cognitive unconscious mind, the association machine - triggers automatic cascades , system 2 = conscious mind. The conscious mind only processes 40 bits per second: the amygdala is the store house for our deep emotional preferences, which are attached to schemas (neural connections) The limbic system is the emotional centre of the cognitive unconscious, which is the first responder when something happens to us. When something happens to us: refer to: physiology of nonconscious response (pg. First stop: thalamus = switching centre sends all information to the hypocampus and a small amount to the amygdala.
