Science

19 terms in this category

Adaptive Unconscious

The hidden and unknowable mental processes that mold our attention and decision-making.

Amygdala

The part of your brain responsible for emotional processing (esp.

Arousal

A foundation of emotion, Arousal is measured on a scale of calm to jittery.

Autocomplete

The brain fills in what you leave out. Give hints, let readers construct the story.

Blind-Spot Test

The simplest way to see that reality is built in the brain.

Brain (The story-telling machine)

In his book, The Brain, neuroscientist, David Eagleman says: "...

David Eagleman

Neuroscientist who proved the brain constructs reality from narrative, not observation.

Gossip

According to some we evolved speech in order to gossip (tell stories) about our fellow humans.

Heuristic

A mental shortcut that allows humans to substitute a hard question with an easier one.

Introception

The body's unconscious check of how we feel right now. The baseline of emotion.

Jonathan Haidt

Social psychologist who proved the human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.

Joseph Campbell

The mythologist whose Hero's Journey changed how we understand transformation in stories.

Kahneman, Daniel

One of the fathers of Behavioural Economics (with Amos Tversky).

Lisa Feldman Barrett

Neuroscientist who proved emotions are predictions your brain makes, not hard-wired.

Memory

Stories are easier to remember.

Significant Objects Project

The proof that stories work: identical objects worth 2,700% more with stories attached.

Sonder

The awareness that everyone has a story.

The Attention Filter

From 11 million bits per second to roughly four conscious thoughts. Getting through is hard.

Valence

A foundation of emotion, Valence is how pleasant or unpleasant our bodies are feeling at any moment.