Snake Brains on the Courthouse Steps – v3

Ancient response, predictive,
learned behavior, automatic,
more instinctive, without thinking…
 
Fear, panic, amygdala hijack,
reason dissolving, anxious, impatient,
wanting to run, to flee in terror…
 
Seeking compromise, a solution,
reason, decision, impossible, devolving,
to the primitive, in the grip of the snake…
 
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Edited March 28, 2024
Snake Brains on the Courthouse Steps – v3
 
June 14, 2012
Snake Brains on the Courthouse Steps – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/snake-brains-on-courthouse-steps-v2.html
June 14, 2012
Snake Brains on the Courthouse Steps
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/snake-brains-on-courthouse-steps.html
written while attending
NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar
http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832
“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”
Where Divorce Practice,
Neuroscience, and Legal
Conflict Resolution Intersect
with Pauline H. Tesler
http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html
http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253
http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615
June 14, 2012
 
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