Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
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So this is the medulla.
We would have spinal cord there.
And this is the pons.
We call that the pons.
It's a group of cells.
Yeah, it's a smaller brain.
And in relationship to that pons is this cerebellum.
And the cerebellum has this gorgeous cell in it called the Purkinje cell.
And they're like a hand.
They're like, you know, two-dimensional.
And they all line up like this.
And then fibers run through those tubes.
And it's part of the mechanism of timing so that you have fluidity of movement because of the way those cells are aligned.
So not all cells are created equal and not all cells look alike.
Cells have the right shape for the right job.
So as then we grow and now we have the mammalian brain, we're going to have the hippocampus, you've heard of that, for learning and memory, the amygdala, you've heard that, for am I safe,
Are you safe?
There's a group of cells right there that is scanning constantly.
Am I safe?
Am I safe?