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Understanding Grief as a Motivational Process
The article discusses how grief is now being conceptualized as a motivational process by scientists and psychologists, and brain imaging studies have taught us that the brain areas associated with motivation and craving are some of the primary areas activated during states of grief.
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This podcast episode explores the concept of grief as a motivational process and how it can be effectively treated.
08:31 - 13:10 (04:38)
Summary
This podcast episode explores the concept of grief as a motivational process and how it can be effectively treated. It highlights that complicated grief occurs in about one in 10 people and does not resolve over time.
ChapterUnderstanding Grief as a Motivational Process
EpisodeThe Science & Process of Healing from Grief
PodcastHuberman Lab
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's five stages of grief and its limitations in understanding the grief process, how new tools offer a better understanding of the grief process, its causes and coping mechanisms.
13:10 - 19:13 (06:02)
Summary
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's five stages of grief and its limitations in understanding the grief process, how new tools offer a better understanding of the grief process, its causes and coping mechanisms.
ChapterUnderstanding Grief as a Motivational Process
EpisodeThe Science & Process of Healing from Grief
PodcastHuberman Lab
This podcast episode talks about the brain's reward center, dopamine and how our attachments with people or pets work.
19:13 - 21:59 (02:46)
Summary
This podcast episode talks about the brain's reward center, dopamine and how our attachments with people or pets work. It also explains how losing a person, animal or a thing creates a state of grief that is both painful and desirous.