ENDNOTES left brain
10-15-6
“When information is presented to only the left hemisphere, verbal output reflects an effort to create a story or make sense of what it sees or hears…called this the “interpreter” function of the left hemisphere.  For the isolated left hemisphere, these words are confabulations – made-up stories that fit with the data, but […]

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BRAIN NOTES 8
10-13-6
“The orbitofrontal cortex – the part of the brain just behind the eyes and located at a strategic spot at the top of the emotional limbic system, next to the “higher” associational cortex responsible for various forms of thought and consciousness – plays an important role in affect regulation.  (siegel/tdm/280)”
“This area of the […]

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DISSOCIATION NOTES 6
9-24-6
(named 6 because is being formed in folder for manuscript 6)
“At times, the mind cannot organize itself effectively in response to experiences.  Such experiences are traumatizing, in that they overwhelm the mind’s ability to adapt….in the case of disorganized attachment, some interpersonal experiences result in the mind’s becoming unable to form a cohesive […]

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Chapter 51 Regu con’t
10-12-06
Regulation continued
[Siegel talks a lot in this part about disorganization]
“The capacity to regulate the appraisal and arousal processes of the mind is fundamental to self-organization; therefore, emotion regulation is at the core of the self.  The acquisition of self-regulation emerges from dyadic relationships early in life.  Attachment studies suggest that the type […]

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Chapter 49 INTERPERSONAL SYSTEMS AND DYADIC STATES OF MIND

(this is from the last part of Siegel’s chapter on states of mind beginning on page 232)
“The mind of one person, A, organizes itself on the basis of both internal and external constraints.  Internal constraints are determined by constitutional features and experience.  External constraints include the […]

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Dismissive attachment notes
“In those adults whose early life probably included a predominance of emotional neglect and rejection, a dismissing stance toward attachment may be found.  These adults often have relationships with their children marked by avoidant attachments.  Communication appears to have little sensitivity to signals or emotional attunement.  The inner world of such adults seems […]

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Emotion notes – part one through page 136
9-1-6
siegel/tdm
approaching emotion:  defining emotion

(tdm/121)”

“…nonverbal behavior is a primary mode in which emotion is communicated.  Facial expression, eye gaze, tone of voice, bodily motion, and the timing of response are each fundamental to emotional messages  (tdm/121).”
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affective expressions — limbic system, has been called the “primitive” or “old reptilian” brain, […]

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Chapter 44  CHILD BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
THE CHILD’S DEVELOPING BRAIN-MIND

“Because emotions are fundamentally linked to appraisal-arousal mechanisms in both the right and left hemispheres, they influence all (siegel/tdm/185) aspects of cognition, from perception to rational decision making.  (186)”
“Attachment experiences early in life appear to have direct influences upon various basic processes, including forms of memory, narrative, […]

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CHAPTER 43 BRAIN LATERALITY

BRAIN LATERALITY AND ASYMMETRY

“The brain, including the amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex (responsible for the assignment of meaning to stimuli), the hippocampus (the major center for conscious, declarative, explicit memory processing), and the lateral prefrontal cortex (thought to be a primary center for focal, conscious attention), is divided into two halves.  […]

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Chapter 50 Regulation
Self-Regulation
THE CENTRAL ROLE OF EMOTION IN SELF-REGULATION
“The self is created within the processes that organize the activity of the mind in its interactions with the world.  (siegel/tdm/239)”
This is self-organization.
“The structure of the brain gives it an innate capacity to modulate emotion and to organize its states of activation.  (siegel/tdm/241)”
“The mind’s ability to regulate […]

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