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Living Our Limbic Legacy
T
ake a moment and bite your lip. Really, take a second and actually
do it. Now, rub your forehead. Finally, stroke the back of your
neck. These are things we do all the time. Spend some time
around other people and you’ll see them engaging in these behaviors
on a regular basis.
Do you ever wonder why they do it? Do you ever wonder why you do
it? The answer can be found hidden away in a vault—the cranial vault—
where the human brain resides. Once we learn why and how our brain
recruits our body to express its emotions nonverbally, we’ll also discover
how to interpret these behaviors. So, let’s take a closer look inside that
vault and examine the most amazing three pounds of matter found in
the human body.
Most people think of themselves as having one brain and recognize
that brain as the seat of their cognitive abilities. In reality, there are three