10 Quotes by Catherine M. Pittman

People don’t come preassembled, but are glued together by life.” The circuitry in your brain is shaped by the specific experiences you’ve had, and it can be changed as a result of your continuing experiences.

The frontal lobes are said to have executive functions, meaning that they are where the supervision of many brain processes occurs.

When information comes in through your sense organs, it’s directed to the thalamus, which is like the Grand Central Station of the brain.

In the past two decades, research has revealed that the brain has a surprising level of neuroplasticity, meaning an ability to change its structures and reorganize its patterns of reacting.

The lateral nucleus is the part of the amygdala that receives incoming messages from the senses.

Approaches to treating anxiety that target the cortex pathway are numerous and typically focus on cognitions, the psychological term for the mental processes that most people refer to as “thinking.

The amygdala can accomplish its quick response because of the special properties of another nucleus within it: the central nucleus.

The role of the amygdala is to attach emotional significance to situations or objects and to form emotional memories.

Anxiety is a complex emotional response that’s similar to fear. Both arise from similar brain processes and cause similar physiological and behavioral reactions; both originate in portions of the brain designed to help all animals deal with danger. Fear and anxiety differ, however, in that fear is typically associated with a clear, present, and identifiable threat, whereas anxiety occurs in the absence of immediate peril.