The limbic system, being the oldest in evolutionary development, is the most mechanical and rapid
The limbic system, being the oldest in evolutionary development, is the most mechanical, and the most rapid. the limbic system is not conscious of time at all. First, the limbic system is programmed to seek a cormfort-safety zone around a mothering organism, and then with age moves further and further out, exploring what is safe and what is not.
The nucleus accumbens is also a “learning” pathway—learning what feels good.
Without hard-wired genetic programs (automatic programs) this second stage would be impossible, and no mammal would ever leave the teat. The hard-wired programs act automatically (UNCONSCIOUSLY) because if you had to stop and think out each situation, you would be eaten by the first predator.
Of course, the imprint is made by chance—by the circumstances at the moment of imprint vulnerability. Some imprint bravery, inquisitiveness and the exploratory drive; others imprint timidity, infophobia (fear of the unpredictable), and addiction. All of which is robotic, until one learns how to reprogram and reimprint one’s own brain circuits.
References
- Robert, A., Wilson. (1983). Prometheus Rising Chapter 3 The Oral Bio-Survival Circuit (Location 538). Grand Junction, CO: Hilaritas Press.
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