Our dear friend, Dr. Khan, came to lecture on the anatomy of the sheep brain! Although the sheep brain is smaller than ours, Dr. Khan identified many of the structures that human brains and sheep brains share. The amygdala is a structure of the brain that controls emotions and our "flight-or-flight" response. We learned about this structure in mindfulness class and how we can use our prefrontal cortex (our decision making portion) to mindfully respond to these signals from our amygdala.
A HUGE THANKS TO DR. KHAN!
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