EQ: Amygdala hijack - Amygdala function & poor emotional management - clip 2 of 5

Описание: Amygdala hijacks explained by motivational speaker Philip Gimmack of EQworks:

What is Emotional Intelligence?- emotion awareness and management especially in times of (perceived) threats is key to not only survival but performing at the highest levels.

Zinedine Zidane - one of the world's greatest footballers lost his 'head' and was sent off and lost the 2006 World Cup Final for his team and Country, France, because his brain suffered an 'amygdala hijack'.

Neuroscience shows us that the Amygdala, sometimes casues an over-reaction when we' have high stress. This happens when our brain (mistakenly) recognises something as a serious threat. A cascade of reactions and emotions then take place at such a speed and in such as a way that the intelligent part of the brain (the pre-frontal cortex (PFC)) cannot stop it. This THREAT-response CAN save lives by giving us micro-second faster reactions, but most of the time we're not faced with life threatening events ...it simply over-reacts and makes mistakes -major mistakes.

For Zidane high levels of anxiety and pressure combined with an inability to control such feelings which led to this extreme reaction.

That's why emotional intelligence matters much more than technical skills for performance, particularly when under pressure. Calming skills such as breathing techniques or emotion labelling can be highly beneficial.

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Extracts of Philip Gimmack's Introduction to Emotional Intelligence workshop. All rights reserved. (Copyright 2014-15).