Andsothisemergingscienceisknownaspersonalityneuroscience, andit's developedin a ratherstrangewaybecausethetradesthatwereidentifiedthat I discussedwithyouonTuesdaytheBigFivetraitsallemergedas a consequenceofthestatisticalanalysisofofdescriptors, characteristicmostlyoftheEnglishlanguage, althoughit's beenduplicatedinotherlanguages.
Andsoheunderstandsthebraindifferentlythan a psychologistwould, becausethepsychologisttendstoanalyzethebrain, youknow, as a sortofmaturething, usuallyinadulthood.
ButbutforSwanson, it's a muchmorelivingandtransformingsystem, andhe's tryingtosetforth a schemaforunderstandingbrainanatomyandalsoassociatingthatwithfunction, youknow, Andyoumightthinkthatthat's a welladvancedsciencealready, thatweknowhowtosegmentupthebrain, andweknowyouknowroughlywhatthepiecesdo, butwehaven't evenreallymanagedtoestablishtheterminologyproblempropertyyet.
It's verynarrow.
Neuroscienceis a verynewfield, andandthisisthere's nolimittothenumberofthingsthatwedon't knowaboutit, includingeventhebasicclassificationsstructure.
NowSwansonhasputforth a veryintelligentbasicclassificationsstructureandpartofthereasonthat I thinkit's sorelevantto a personalityclassesbecauseitmapsin a beautifulwayontosomeofthethingsthatwe'vealreadytalkedabout, especiallyPJ.
Sothere's a nicedirectmappingofPJ's developmentaltheoryontoSwanson's theoryofneurodevelopmentandthenofneuralfunction.
I kindoflikethatbecause, youknow, ififsomethingpopsupinoneplacewithonemethodandpopsupanotherplacewith a completelydifferentmethod, especiallyifthosetwoplacesaredistinctintermsoftheirhistoricaldevelopment, youmightstartthinkingthere's actuallysomethingthere, youknow.
Theonlyperson I canreallyseerightnowisthisisthewomanwhoissittingthereinthewhitesweater.
Alltherestofyouarelikeandandthepersontotheright I canMaurlessaslongas I lookather.
I couldMaurlessseethathe's dressedingrey, but I can't seehisfaceatallnowishenoddedhisheadand I couldpickthatupSowhat's verystrangeaboutyourvisualsystemandyoursensorysystemsairlikethisinIn, uh, youknow, allyoursensorysystems.
Airlikethisisthatyouhave a tinylittlepointoffocuswheretheinformationisrich.
Sothisslideiselaborationinsomesenseofwhat I wastellingyou a littlebitearlieraboutthemultiplelevelsofreality, andalsotheideaisthatthethingthatyouseewhichinthisparticularschemewouldbethecomputerhatisnestedinsideallofthesesystemsorhasothersystemsnestedinsideofit.
Likewhenyourcomputercrashesandthenyouhavetoactuallyfor a whilehavetodealwithatleastsomeofthecomplexitythat's actuallythere, Andthat's usuallyextremelyanxietyprovoking.
Soyouknow, youcanimaginethesamesituationiswhileyou'reinyournice, smoothcarandyou'reonthehighway, andallof a suddenyouknow, youhear a horriblegrindingnoiseandsmokecomesoutofthebackandyou'reyou'reoffpulledovertotheside.
Well, whatwasmerely a meansofgettingfrompoint A to B incomfort, liketwosecondsago, isnow a collectionofextremelytroublesomeparts, noneofwhichyouknowanythingabout.
Plus, it's disruptedyourday.
Plus, it's disruptedyourpocketbook.
Plus, youhavetonowdealwith a bunchofpeoplewhoaregoingtotellyouwhat's wrongwithyourvehicleandmaybefixitforsomecompletelyunknownamountofmoney.
Andthen I wouldsaythatwhathappensatthenextlevelofabstractionandthat's whereyou'vegotthenumbersandwordsdownhereisthatyouhavethethinginitself, whichiscomplexandcouldbeseenmanyways.
Andsowhatthatmeansisthatyourbrainisalwaystryingtofigureout, insomesensewhat's thesimplestway I canrepresentthissothat I canundertakewhateveritisthat I'm planningtoundertakenext.
Andthat's sortofagain, from a philosophicalperspective, that's actuallysomethingpragmatic.
Sotheywerethingsthatledto a relativelyrigidbehavioralalgorithmoncethethestatehadarisen.
Now, as I mentionedbefore, I thinkthatthat's a flawedviewpoint, becausethemotivationalstateismorethanmerely a drive, becausethedriveissomethingthatsaytriggers.
Ah, preprogrammedsequenceofbehaviorsand a lotoftheearlybehavioursthoughtaboutanimalbehaviorinthatweight, right?
They'd saytheanimalencounter a stimulusandthestimuluswouldproduce a response, andthentheresponseswouldgetchainedtogether.
Butthenwhattheydidwastheytook a ratandtheywrappedupitshindlegs, youknow, likewithtapesoitcouldn't usethem.
Andthentheyputitslittlerearendon a cart, andthentheyhadthelittleratscootthroughthemazeonthecart, andit's obviousthat a scootingratand a runningroutedon't usethesamemotoroutputnotevenclose, andtheratcouldstillgetthroughthemaze.
Thisissortof a littlemythologicaldiagramthat I whippedup a longtimeago, Andthebottomthingthat's honourableRose, bytheway, whichis a dragonthateatsitsowntail.
Andtome, that's just a continualsourceofamazementthatpeoplecanpullthatoff, youknow?
Soanyway, so a lotofthescreeningthatyoudotogetridofthatcomplexityisexternal, andpartofthatistheconsequenceofgood, wellfunctioningsociologicalorganization.
Thenthenextthingthatsortofscreensthingsoutforyouisyourbodyrightnow, look, youkindofnaturallyseethingsat a particularlevelofresolution, right?
There's noobviousreasonwhythatshouldbeso.
Youknow, youseethefrontofpeople, youcan't seethe
I startedtotalktoyouabouttradetheory, andnow I'm goingtomake a jumptobiology.
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