Posted by Estella on May 10, 2006, at 5:51:59
In reply to Re: sometimes life just doesn't work out » Estella, posted by zeugma on May 7, 2006, at 9:36:58
>Le Doux talks about how wiring...
doesn't change
phobias are resistent to extinction
and once extinguished
change the context back to where the conditioning occured
change the context so that there is environmental stress
and what do you know?
spontaneous recovery>there are more connections from amygdala to cortex
than from cortex to amygdala
and so whatever is in the cortex
is not really in the position to helpNow that I am calmer...
Very roughly... Jackendoff has a three step model of visual perception.
1) Early / Low level representation: Basic sensory features such as lines and edges.
2) Intermediate level representation: Some integration so shading is shaddow and objects have three dimensionality.If intermediate level representations) are attended to (via the process of attention) then they are able to proceed to stage three:
3) High level representation: Objects are categorised (cup, lion, etc) by being matched with a percept from memory.
Conscious experience of visual perception is supposed to be: Attended Intermediate Level Representations (The AIRS Model of Conscious Visual Experience). I won't bore people with the neurology...
Prinz argues that emotions are Attended Intermediate Level Representations as well... Currently I'm a little hazy so this might be wrong but lets have a go...
1) Early processing (basic stimulus features trigger a response in the amygdala)
2) Mid level processing (a message is sent from the amygdala to parts of the brain that are typically involved in registering bodily changes)
3) High level processing (categorisation of emotion? also the thoughts and images which can trigger emotions from the top down - by sending a message to 2, or to 1 so it gets to 2)...But the point is...
The point is...That conscious experience...
Involves ATTENTION.
And yeah pain can capture ones attention
Just like movement in the periphery can capture ones attention
And attention can be reflexive just like blinking can be reflexiveBut the point... (I am getting there... I am getting there...)
Is that mindfulness meditation works by...
Improving ones control over ones attention.
People can learn to have more control over their attention
It isn't perfect...
But one can learn.Better to focus on what one can do
Than to get too bogged down in the damage already done I guess...
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