Limbic system 🧠
The limbic system is a structure in the brain involved in motivation, craving, emotion, learning, and memory. This structure involves three major pathways that send and receive chemical information that is translated into positive and negative emotions. The first two include the mesolimbic pathway and the stress-fear-memory pathway which are responsible for the the three unwholesome roots. The third is the serotonergic pathway. The interplay between these three distinct pathways dictates both the perception of emotion and the resulting behavioral responses.
References
- Lustig, H., Robert. (2017). The Hacking of the American Mind The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains Chapter 2. Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places (Location 424). New York, NY: Penguin Random House.
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