The first lesson in Lisa Feldman Barrett’s popular book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain, 1 is titled "You Have One Brain (Not Three)." It focuses on debunking Paul MacLean’s triune model of ...

Gifted science communicator and astrophysicist Carl Sagan won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction writing just once, but it wasn’t for his universal classic Cosmos, nor his visionary book Pale ...

Simran's anxiety in Mumbai's rush hour highlights the triune brain's primal defense. When threatened, the reptilian brain overrides reason, but peace is found through mindfulness and trust.

In theatre of the mind, where impulse clashes with intellect, a mid-20thcentury theory endures like a stubborn stage set: the Triune Brain. Coined by neuroscientist Paul D MacLean, the term ‘Triune ...

American physician and neuroscientist Paul D. MacLean pioneered the concept of the triune brain — the idea that the human brain evolved through three different stages. Those stages are known as the ...