1. XPX TAMPA BAY The Self Aware Advisor:
The Key to Seeing and influencing Others
September 11, 2013

2. THE NEURON The Highways and Byways of the Brain
100 billion neurons
Every neuron may be touched by as many as 10,000 other nerve cell axons
1000 trillion different possible synaptic connections (more connections in one brain than stars in the universe)
16 billion neurons in the cerebral cortex alone
Neurons form dense connected plexus in different areas of the brain
The activation of neurons and their networks are the building block of all mental processes
The greater the stimulation in terms of frequency of signals ( /sec) the stronger are the electro-chemical signals. 2

4. THE NEURON SEROTONIN & DOPAMINE PATHWAYS4

7. Motivation and Emotion Regulation of autonomic function
Right Brain Connections to the Left Brain, Limbic and Autonomic Systems
Adapted from Schore, Foreword, p. xiv, The shadow of the tsunami by Bromberg
Input
Right Hemisphere
Imagery,
Relational
Left Hemisphere
Language, Categorical
Limbic System
Motivation and Emotion
Brainstem
Regulation of autonomic function 7

8. Social Brain Functions Face Processing
Which face shows more emotion: The face in the middle, or the two “right” sides (far left) or the two “left” sides (far right)? 8

9. THE MIRRON NEURON SYSTEM Mirror Neurons are Innate and Epigenetic
The capacity for babies to imitate others is online from birth. Meltzoff tested a baby 41 minutes old, who, like the baby seen in this slide from a 1977 Science article, imitated the motor actions of facial expressions. Babies can learn by imitating (contra Piaget who thought must be 2) and they enjoy being imitated (peek-a-boo and remember co-imitation in the video?). Fire together, wire together the way the innate mirror neuron system is built. Imitation in pre-verbal toddlers. Imitation is lifelong. Memes. 9

10. THE MIRRON NEURON SYSTEM (MNS) Where Are Mirror Neurons?
Posterior STS = visual input The mirror neuron system (MNS) (red) is composed of
the parietal MNS, which is mostly concerned with the motoric description of the action. It sends a signal to the frontal MNS, which is more concerned with the goal of the action. The black arrows represent copies of motor imitative commands that are sent back to the STS to allow matching between the sensory predictions of imitative motor plans and the visual description of the observed action. 10