It s now clear that throughout our lives, our brains change in response to our interactions with others. The search for meaning is innate. This means that we naturally want to make sense of our experiences. The search for meaning occurs through patterning. The brain automatically registers the familiar while simultaneously searching for and responding to what is new.
Emotions are critical to patterning.
Emotions color meaning. Emotions and thoughts shape each other and cannot be separated. Learning involves both focused attention and peripheral perception. The brain absorbs information of which it is directly aware, but it also absorbs the unconscious signals that reveal our inner attitudes and beliefs. Learning is developmental.