HI: Slow Brain, Fast Brain

Visual/Auditory

Threat Monitoring System

Reflexive Response

Receptor Systems

Threat Detection

Midbrain

Stress Response

Brainstem

Cardiovascular System

Physical Response

homeostasis

Understanding Stress

Stress creates adaptation

allostasis

Stress:

Good or Bad?

allostatic load

intraparietal sulcus

AKA: Task Positive

cerebellum

frontal eye fields

Dorsal Attentional Network

The DAN is most prominently involved in goal-directed, voluntary control of visuospatial attention.

middle temporal region, superior parietal, supplementary eye field, ventral premotor cortex

anterior insula

AKA: Salience Network

dorsal anterior cingulate cortex

Cortico-striatal-thalamic loop

Ventral Attentional Network

The SN is involved in detecting and filtering salient stimuli, as well as in recruiting relevant functional networks. It contributes to a variety of complex functions, including communication, social behavior, and self-awareness through the integration of sensory, emotional, and cognitive information.

amygdala, putamen, ventral striatum,

dorsal medial prefrontal cortex

AKA: Default Mode

posterior cingulate cortex,

angular gyrus

Medial Frontoparietal Network

It is best known for being active when a person is not focused on the outside world and the brain is at wakeful rest, such as during daydreaming and mind-wandering or when the individual is thinking about others, thinking about themselves, remembering the past, and planning for the future

precuneus

dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

AKA: Control Network

posterior parietal cortex

middle cingulate gyrus

Lateral

Frontoparietal Network

The FPN is involved in executive function and goal-oriented, cognitively demanding tasks. It is crucial for rule-based problem solving, actively maintaining & manipulating information in working memory and making decisions in the context of goal-directed behaviour. Based on current cognitive demands, the FPN flexibly divides into two subsystems that connect to other networks: the DMN for introspective processes and the DAN for perceptual attention.

intraparietal sulcus

Calming the Senses

Physical Exercises

1) Quick Reaction

2) Gaze Fixation

3) Simon Says

Make It A Game!

Calming

the Reflexes

1) Deck of Cards

2) Stroop's

3) Breathing from Belly

Emotional Regulation

Make It Safe!

Energizing the Senses

Physical Exercises

1) Quick Reaction

2) Jumping Jacks

3) Running/Walking

Make It Often!

Energizing

the Reflexes

Emotional Regulation

1) Fuel It Up

2) Wake It Up

3) Get the Stink Off

Make It Routine!

Kaitlyn

Slow Brain

Elliana

Fast Brain

Juliet

Explosive Brain