The brains duel: Amygdala vs. Rationality

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Mh.

[00:00:00]>> Right. The amygdala and the prefrontal cortex.

[00:00:05]>> The amygdala is like a muscle that is what's responsible for detecting threats.

[00:00:11]>> The amigdala tells you run, >> fight, pretend like you are dead, >> is doing everything to protect you. A child whose amygdala is constantly active, say for fights for example, when that child grows up, the amydala is bigger than the prefrontal cortex which is responsible for reasoning, calmness, >> logic.

[00:00:36]So someone whose amydala is more active than the prefrontal cortex will be easily triggered because the amygdala muscle has been so trained.

[00:00:46]>> I like to say the brain is about training. Yes, it has been so trained that it tells you while even when there is no clear and present threat or when the clear and present threat is your child.

[00:01:00]>> Your am doesn't know your is just like you know why is this child staring you in the face the way they were staring down at you when you were a kid and you couldn't talk man shut this little up.

[00:01:12][laughter] So when you're telling your parents, you're hurting me. I don't like how you >> touching their wound. They mean like saying they injuring you. They're injuring you. They rude.

[00:01:20]>> Yeah. They are rude. Give it meaning you