Limbic system is distinguished into “Honest Brain” and “Lying Brain”. The former was discussed last time. This time, the totally opposite one will be shown to you, “Lying Brain”.
The Lying Brain and Honest Brain (2)
The Lying Brain
Cerebral cortex is the last evolved part in our brain, so it is called neocortex, means new brain. It is also called thinking or intelligent brain because it is responsible for advanced cognitions and memorization. The existence of the cerebral cortex separates humans from mammal as most of the human’s cerebral cortex is used for thinking. This part of our brain sent Armstrong to the moon since humans acquired calculation, analysis, interpretation and intuition abilities, so cerebral cortex is an important part of the brain and full of creativities.
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In 1999 December, an American customs officer with high alert stopped “Millennium Bomber”. When Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian who lived in Canada, was about to pass through the borderline to America, a customs officer, Diana Dean, noticed he was nervous and sweating. So she asked him to get out from his car for advanced interrogation. After he got out, he tried to run away but got caught again before explosives and timers were found on his car.
In 1999 December, an American customs officer with high alert stopped “Millennium Bomber”. When Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian who lived in Canada, was about to pass through the borderline to America, a customs officer, Diana Dean, noticed he was nervous and sweating. So she asked him to get out from his car for advanced interrogation. After he got out, he tried to run away but got caught again before explosives and timers were found on his car.
Analysis
The nervousness and sweating the officer noticed are the response from the brain when people face pressure. This case can demonstrate how one’s emotions are presented through NVB and body’s responses, which the limbic system of Ressam showed them to the officer even he tried so hard to hide them.
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Even the limbic system of “Millennium Bomber” made the body sweating so much, his cerebral cortex still had million ways to hide his own emotions and intentions by answering to the officer “I don’t have anything in the car”.
Our cerebral cortex can let us easily tell our female friends that we like their new dresses and male friends that their new hair styles look cool; even we do not think so. In this way, cerebral cortex is full of creativity to lie and we can only look into the most truthful response from limbic system.
Limbic system offers functions of surviving when human are in danger. During the process, there will be a lot of NVB to be noticed. From human started to make fire from wood, to nowadays they face their harsh boss, they have been protected by these abilities of limbic system which inherited from the human history. These functions included: Freeze, Flight and Fight (Cannon, 1915, 1929).
I believe most of you have heard of fight-or-flight. Normally it is used for describing the behavior we perform under threats or dangers. But actually there is something missing in that phase, and also the order that presented is not correct. It should be: 1) freeze -> flight -> fight; or 2) freeze -> flight or freeze -> fight.
Now, it is the time for you to digest what we discuss today. Later in next issue I will tell you about those three reactions in details.
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For the purpose of fun and practicing, you may ask your friend, not too close though to avoid embarrassing situations, about some private and hurtful questions all of a sudden, such as “you still love the bastard who dumped you, don’t you?” or “don’t you think your pet is really disgusting?”
Look for responses from them. Will they stop for few seconds looking at you after your questions? Will they try to avoid the topic or say something to make themselves better after being asked hurtful questions? Will they fight back upon the topic after you keep asking when they avoid?
Practice makes perfect!
Pick their thoughts! They cannot hide their expression and hold their intentions from your eyes!
References:
Navarro, J., &Karlins, M. (2009).What every BODY is saying an ex-FBI agent's guide to speed reading people (Kindle ed.). S.I.: William Morrow Paperbacks
Walter Bradford Cannon (1929). Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear, and rage. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Walter Bradford Cannon (1915). Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage: An Account of Recent Researches into the Function of Emotional Excitement. New York: D. Appleton and Company.
Jason Lam
References:
Navarro, J., &Karlins, M. (2009).What every BODY is saying an ex-FBI agent's guide to speed reading people (Kindle ed.). S.I.: William Morrow Paperbacks
Walter Bradford Cannon (1929). Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear, and rage. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Walter Bradford Cannon (1915). Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage: An Account of Recent Researches into the Function of Emotional Excitement. New York: D. Appleton and Company.
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