It just assumes it’s been poisoned, so it makes you throw up. It has no clue and it has no system to be corrected. The behaviour that defines teenagers might be annoying, but neuroscientist Dean Burnett says it could have been crucial for.
But the primitive brain doesn’t know that. Dean Burnett on why disruptive teens might have saved the human race. “The neocortex knows what’s happening – it understands the concept of vehicles and the ability to be in motion without moving your body. It’s kind of this odd couple and they don’t get on, but they’re both stuck in your head forever, arguing constantly about who does what and how it’s done.”Ī perfect example of this dynamic at play is motion sickness on an airplane, where the brain is receiving conflicting sensory information about whether you’re in motion or stationary. “One’s set in its ways, one’s thinking and planning and flexible. “You’ve got these two bits of the brain – one really old, one really new,” he says. Article content Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist at Cardiff University in Wales.īurnett talks about how our lower-order “lizard” brain, which controls our most basic functions such as breathing, balance and coordination, is occasionally at odds with the more advanced neocortex. Dean Burnett is a Cardiff-based neuroscientist, lecturer, author and comedian. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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