ZYGO

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0591-2385 1467-9744

10.1111/j.1467-9744.1986.tb00742.x

BRAIN SCIENCE AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT

Trevarthen

Colwyn

02 06 1986

21 2

10.1111/zygo.1986.21.issue-2

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Abstract. In recent decades of its brief history, brain science has shed light on the source of motives. We review the chemistry and anatomy of the neural core of human motivation; it seems to penetrate the hemispheric cognitive fields asymmetrically, subjecting them to differing evaluations by self‐organizing states of mind. The brain core generates and responds to the rhythm and color of emotions, giving moral control to relationships and setting values and meanings in communication. The newborn human mind is ready to share transcendent states with an empathic partner. Fantasy‐making play of a child in friendships presages adult rituals. Mystic rites and mythic symbols express feelings essential to time‐ and space‐defying cooperation within the ancestral culture.

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