Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Triune brain

The Triune Brain is a model proposed by Paul D. MacLean to explain the function of traces of evolution existing in the structure of the human brain.

In this model, the brain is broken down into three separate brains that have their own special intelligence, subjectivity, sense of time and space, and memory.

The three parts are 

1. The R-complex

2. The limbic system

3. The neocortex

The R-complex, also known as the "Reptilian brain", includes the brain stem and cerebellum.

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