A Comprehensive Framework for Understanding Human Behavior through Neuroscience and Evolution
This framework offers a multi-level approach to understanding human behavior, integrating aspects of neuroscience, social evolution, and socio-political dynamics. It explores the intricate relationships between brain functions, emotions, and decision-making processes, addressing both physical and electronic interactions. The model emphasizes the impact of neuro-anthropology on behavior dynamics across global and national contexts, focusing on macro and micro processes that shape human interactions. By analyzing the neural underpinnings of communication and learning, this framework strives to bridge the gap between cognitive science and socio-political phenomena.
A Comprehensive Framework for Understanding Human Behavior through Neuroscience and Evolution
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[ [ Level Components Additional Description Spatial Scale (MM: million) [ m:n (many:many) Global/Nation-States Social Neuroscience (Neuro-anthropology) ] Evolution-driven Human Multi-level (“Brain Stack”) Framework Socio-Political (Geographical/Cyber) [ 1:n (one:many) Regional/cities ] km-MMm Evolution/macro-plasticity Human Interaction (Physical/Electronic) [ 1:1 (one:one) “mirror neurons” ] Human Behavioral Levels Evolution-driver dm-MMm Macroscopic [ Emotion Language Decision making (“Thin/thick slices”) Attention/awareness Sleep/awake 1:self Conscious sublevel (presentation sublevel) Cognitive/ Psychological (Whole Brain) Emotional/Rational/ Innerthought 1 m [ ] Unconscious processing Cortical hemispheres Cerebral cortex (ACC,PFC, etc.) Thalamus/sensory afferents Hippocampus-working memory Sensorimotor system Neurophysiological (Anatomical “maps”) “Network of Networks”/CNS 1cm-dm [ ] Information-Theoretic/System Levels (1k neuron) Mini-columns Neo-cortical columns (10-100k) Synfire chains Mesoscopic Network Communication/System sublevels 1cm-dm ] [ Cortical microcircuits Thalamocortical circuits Circuit Macrodynamics 1mm-cm ] ] [ [ Interneuronal sublevel Synaptic/axonal/dendritic Myelination/ganglia Neuronal Synaptic Cellular microdynamic level Spike time dependent plasticity/Learning 1 μ -100 μ Microscopic Physical/Coding Levels ] [ [ ] Neuromodulators Proteins Amino Acids Neurogenetic sublevel Physical/coding sublevel 1 Å Molecular Closed System Interconnect Model Jerome Swartz, December 2006