BP 8.1

To generate emotions from information

To convert thoughts into physical signals

To transform physical stimuli into neural signals

To amplify cognitive decision-making processes

Thinking carefully before answering a question

Waving at someone after recognizing them

Pupils contracting in response to light

Laughing at a joke you remember

It creates emotional reactions to stimuli

It blocks out all external stimuli

It selects which information is processed further

It increases the strength of all incoming signals

Deciding to read a book after dinner

Focusing on your work despite background noise

Getting distracted by a sudden loud bang

Remembering your weekly goals

Enhancing sensory sensitivity

Ignoring irrelevant or undesired behaviors

Increasing muscle memory

Developing automatic responses

Automatically driving to work without thinking

Remembering a phone number long enough to dial it

Being startled by a loud sound

Recognizing a familiar face

Memorizing long sequences

Enhancing physical coordination

Solving problems creatively

Repeating learned behaviors

Emotional-feedback loop

Executive control cycle

Action-perception cycle

Learning-processing loop

They are always emotional

They are more deliberate and slower

They are unconscious and fast

They always involve language

Biological

Psychological

Social

Cognitive