Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
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Evolution of Brain and Risk
CHAPTER
2.1 STAGE 1, FROM 300 MILLION TO 200 MILLION YEARS
AGO
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASIC BRAIN
2.2 STAGE 2, FROM 200 MILLION TO 2.5 MILLION YEARS
AGO
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN
2.3 STAGE 3, FROM 2.5 MILLION TO 10 THOUSAND YEARS
AGO
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN BRAIN
2.4 STAGE 4, FROM 10 THOUSAND TO 200 YEARS AGO
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THE
DEVELOPMENT OF RISK TOLERANCE
2.5 STAGE 5, THE LAST 200 YEARS
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THE SUDDEN INCREASE OF
NEW DANGERS
2.6 CONSCIOUS AND NONCONSCIOUS
2.7 COMBINING THE TOPIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS
AND THE THREE PARTS OF THE BRAIN
2.8 WHERE IN THE BRAIN?
2.9 SUMMARY
TIPS FOR TRANSFER
If we acknowledge that we can renew safety management only by
addressing the human factor, we need a deeper understanding about us
as humans. We have to realize that we don
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t start from scratch when
we are born. The roots of today
s behavior lie in evolution of mankind.
Thousands of generations have experimented with all kinds of safety
behavior, and only our most effective ancestors reproduced. During
evolution, a blueprint developed that offers us both possibilities and
constraints for behaving safely. Understanding this blueprint is key to
understanding human behavior.
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