Brain Loves Patterns

Inspired from the following insight shared by David Rock from Your Brain at Work, illuminates why our brain loves patterns.

Our brain hates uncertainty. On any sign of uncertainty the brain’s thermometer Amygdala activates and makes us feel stressed and anxious.

When the brain is able to identify patterns and make sense of a problem statement certainty reigns supreme and hence makes us feel relaxed.

As you can see from the following insight inspired from David Rock’s book Your Brain at Work, our brain’s feels certain when it realizes patterns

David Rock’s book Your Brain at Work is a true masterclass and has a lot of takeaways. For one another such insight please visit:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/do-you-have-the-right-mix-of-alertness-and-intrest/

To know about David Rock’s work on neuroscience please visit this link:

https://davidrock.net/about/