Rebecca Todd: 01-31-2014: Zen Brain: Consciousness, Complex Systems, and Transformation (Part 4)

Summary: Episode Description: In this segment of Zen Brain, Rebecca Todd discusses the processes of affect-biased attention and affective enhancement of perception in relation to the complex adaptive system of the human brain. Affect-biased attention refers to how our emotional states bias what we pay attention to in the world before we are even exposed to a stimulus, while affective enhancement refers to how an emotionally-laden perception is made more vivid by our brain. Rebecca discusses these concepts in relation to genetics, epigenetics, and also offers some clinical implications of the data she shares. For Series description and Teacher BIOs, please visit Part 1. To access the entire series, please click on the link below: Zen Brain February 2014 Series: All 12 Parts