Comments? Send me a text message. Our accidental mind is a marvel of evolution—capable of breathtaking creativity, yet vulnerable to distraction, self-deception, and runaway ego. In this week’s Welcoming Wisdom podcast, we explore two unlikely partners in this drama: the premotor cortex and the default mode network (DMN). The premotor cortex rehearses actions before we move, allowing us to simulate outcomes and imagine future possibilities.The default mode network weaves our sense of self and...
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Comments? Send me a text message. Our accidental mind is a marvel of evolution—capable of breathtaking creativity, yet vulnerable to distraction, self-deception, and runaway ego. In this week’s Welcoming Wisdom podcast, we explore two unlikely partners in this drama: the premotor cortex and the default mode network (DMN). The premotor cortex rehearses actions before we move, allowing us to simulate outcomes and imagine future possibilities.The default mode network weaves our sense of self and...
Welcoming Wisdom #10 - Working Memory: The Whiteboard of Consciousness
Flourish As You Age
16 minutes
2 months ago
Welcoming Wisdom #10 - Working Memory: The Whiteboard of Consciousness
Comments? Send me a text message. In this episode of Flourish As You Age, Michael C. Patterson explores working memory, the fragile mental workspace where consciousness itself takes shape. Think of it as the virtual whiteboard of the mind—a place where perceptions and memories flicker into awareness, linger just long enough to be combined or reshaped, and then fade to make room for new thoughts. Working memory may be limited, but it is also the platform of conscious life: the stage on which r...
Flourish As You Age
Comments? Send me a text message. Our accidental mind is a marvel of evolution—capable of breathtaking creativity, yet vulnerable to distraction, self-deception, and runaway ego. In this week’s Welcoming Wisdom podcast, we explore two unlikely partners in this drama: the premotor cortex and the default mode network (DMN). The premotor cortex rehearses actions before we move, allowing us to simulate outcomes and imagine future possibilities.The default mode network weaves our sense of self and...
