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Introduction toNeuroscience for Coaches
NS4C Modules
Neuroplasticity
Brain Basics
Daniel Siegel’s Hand Model https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vESKrzvgA40
! Famously!known!as!the!‘stress!hormone’!because!it!is!released!in!response!to!stress.!
! Involved!in!how!we!think!and!behave!and!our!feelings!of!motivation,!reward!and!attention.!
! Involved!in!social!behavior,!increasing!trust,!decreasing!fear,!increasing!generosity!and!also!
cognitive!functions.!
! Best&known!for!its!role!in!the!fight&or!flight!response.!
! Important!for!mood!regulation,!appetite,!sleep,!memory!and!learning.!
Prefrontal Cortex
Hypothalamus
Amygdala
Basal Ganglia
! Affectionately!thought!of!as!the!CEO!of!conductor!of!the!brain!responsible!for!a!lot!of!higher8level!cognitive!functions,!including!attention!and!processing.!
! Key!to!storing!routines,!repetitive!behaviors!and!thoughts!–!the!home!of!habits.!
! Known!for!being!part!of!the!limbic!system!that!is!heavily!involved!in!regulating!our!emotional!life.!
! Responsible!for!various!metabolic!processes!and!synthesizing!and!secreting!neurohormones.!
Insular Cortex Anterior Cingulate Cortex
Hippocampus Striatum & Nucleus Accumbens
! Involved!in!pleasure,!reward,!motivation,!reinforcement!learning,!fear!and!impulsivity.!
! Enables!us!a!degree!of!awareness!and!is!involved!in!our!ability!to!be!‘in!tune’!with!ourselves.!
! Primarily!responsible!for!conflict!or!error!detection.!
! Has!roles!in!the!consolidation!of!information!from!short1!to!long1term!memory.!
Softness
Threat Response
• Unfairness
• Lack of control
• Confidence being challenged
• Uncertainty
What activates the Threat Response?
Threat response
• Decreased immunity• Impairs learning• Affects memory
Cortisol release
Impairs: • Creative insight• Analytic thinking• Problem solving
Amygdala -> ACC -> Frontal lobes
Decreased efficiency, effectiveness, productivity
Uses up Oxygen & Glucose
Decreases working memory capacity
Reward ResponseWhat activates the Reward Response?
• Celebration
• Control
• Confidence
• Certainty
• Contribution
• Connection
Reward response
Engagement •Do difficult things• Take risks• Think deeply
Dopamine release
Links to positive emotions:
• Happiness• Joy• Desire
VTA + NA + Reward network
Focus, attention, reinforcing behaviour, increase productivity
Perceive more options when problem
solving
Reward ResponseWhy is it brilliant?
• Reinforces behaviour • Increases absorption
• Increases processing capacity
• Helps memories form
Threat vs Reward
Neuroscience of Flow
Needed for flow: 1. Intensely focused attention2. Clear goals3. Immediate feedback4. Challenge / skills ratio5. Sense of control6. Rich environment
•An intense and focused concentration on the present moment
•The merging of actions and awareness
•A loss of reflective self-consciousness
•A sense of personal control over the situation
•Temporal distortion (normally time slowing down)
•The experience is intrinsically rewarding.
Neuroscience of Flow
Rapid attentional set shifting
DopamineCognitive efficiency, creativity
MindfulnessNeuroplasticity
Hypnosis
Neuroscience of Flow
Neuroscience of Trust
Oxytocin
Lactating letdown reflexUterine contraction
Wound healingAutism
Feeling contentReduce anxiety
Feeling calmFeeling secure
Increasing trustDecreasing fear
Increase generosity
• Involved in Trust
• Involved in Connection
• Increases generosity
• Reduces cortisol levels & anxiety
• Improves team-work
• Increases ability to infer emotional state of others
• Feels more calm, content, secure
Oxytocin
• Laugh
• Find opportunities to Contribute
• Have a walking meeting
• Listening to calming music
• Invest in social interaction time
• Physical contact (Hug, handshake, massage)Verbal massage
• Give people your full attention (and be empathetic)• Metta meditation• Demonstrate trust (feeling trusted makes us more
trustworthy)
Oxytocin
Productivity
Decision Making
The somatic marker hypothesis proposes that decision-making is a process that depends on emotion and that both the amygdala and the orbitofrontal cortex are parts of a neural circuit critical for judgment and decision making.
Two Cognitive Systems
Automatic Reflective
Uncontrolled Controlled
Effortless Effortful
Associative Deductive
Fast Slow
Unconscious Self-aware
Skilled Rule-following
System 1Hot
System AEmotional
System 2Cold
System BDeliberative
Behaviour Change
Behaviour Change
Behaviour Change Checklist
PROCESS FROM BEHAVIOURAL SC IENCE YOUR THOUGHTS
What is happening now?
Who do you want to do what?
What is everyone else doing? (what is the norm?)
How are they currently being rewarded for the current behaviour?
How are they currently being deterred from the desirable
behaviour?
Who is the best person to deliver any message?
What could be made more salient in their environment?
How could people make commitments to the new behaviour?
How could the new behaviour have a posiOve effect on their ego?
Other Resources: Ted Talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU
Reinventing Organisations by Fredric Ladoux