Whether you're aware of it or not, INTEROCEPTION is happening 24/7.

You'd probably describe your *subjective experience* of INTEROCEPTION as your mood—and, if it's really intense, as an emotion you're feeling.

#Interoception #TheoryOfConstructedEmotion #21stCenturyBrainScience

The core task of your brain is to regulate all the stuff inside your body that's keeping you alive.

Your brain does this by anticipating your needs and preparing to satisfy them BEFORE they arise.

#PredictiveProcessing #TheoryOfConstructedEmotion #21stCenturyBrainScience

Be aware of the models you build in your mind.

Your beliefs influence your life more than you'll ever know.

#BuildABetterModel #TheoryOfConstructedEmotion #SigmundFreud

Your eyes send info to the brain.

The brain updates your model of the world.

If it's you've never seen before, your brain will either:

A, Update your model & learn something new.

B, Ignore the new data.

#BuildABetterModel #21st CenturyBrainScience #TheoryOfConstructedEmotion

🧠 Mythbusters: Neuroscience Edition. 🧠

#21stCenturyEmotionScience #TheoryOfConstructedEmotion #TriuneBrainNonsense

🪴 Because plants don't move.

🧠 Your brain didn't evolve so that you could think.

🏃 You have a brain because you have a body that moves.

#21stCenturyEmotionScience #TheoryOfConstructedEmotion #21stCenturyNeuroscience

...metabolically speaking.

Energy-wise, the most 'expensive' things your brain does is:

🏃 Move
🧐 Learn

Serious about mental health? Give your body better resources. (Think: sleep, food, hydration, etc.)

#TheoryOfConstructedEmotion #BrainScience #21stCenturyEmotionScience

Ever heard the phrase, 'mind over matter?' Turns out, it's possible to train your brain to predict better outcomes when we focus on things that we perceive as positive in our lives. #SELwithALM #TheoryofConstructedEmotion #AuthorTwitter

A thought about classical emotion theory and 'parts' work.

'It is futile to work with more entities when it is possible to work with fewer.' -Ockham. (Yes, that* Ockham)
#predictiveprocessing #theoryofconstructedemotion #21stcenturyemotionscience

Jonathan Shedler I'd put money on the idea that 'calming the nervous system' with self-understanding is what Freud was doing all along. #longlivepsychoanalysis #theoryofconstructedemotion

and that many of your behaviors make perfect “rational” sense from its energy-economy perspective. #predictiveprocessing #activeinference #theoryofconstructedemotion #simpleenergyfunction