Feed the Mouse

Got cheese?

The Practice:
Feed the mouse.

Why?

As the nervous system evolved, your brain developed in three stages:

Reptile – Brainstem, focused on avoiding harm Mammal – Limbic system, focused on approaching rewards Primate – Cortex, focused on attaching to “us”

Since the brain is integrated, avoiding, approaching, and attaching are accomplished by its parts working together. Nonetheless, each of these functions is particularly served and shaped by the region of the brain that first evolv...