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The existence of self awareness arises from the brain’s amygdala, and the cortex. Both have separate perceptual structures and awareness creating an illusion of self awareness. Cartoons portray the little devil and the little angel. Descartes framed it as, "I think, therefore I am". This is the amygdala's perception of the operation of the cortex. These two physical structures and their operations battle during every trade, and one of the minimum barriers to trading success is to establish the dominance of the cortex over the amygdala, a task which few humans are able to accomplish.

Janice Dorn adds:

A portion of the above was published in the July, 2007 issue of Stocks, Futures and Options Magazine. I present the article in its entirely in response to remarks about brain interactions in the decision making process of trading. It is my first attempt to conceptualize this process from a neuroanatomical/neurophysiological/neurobehavioral viewpoint. This is a work in progress, as I am presently writing an update, refinement, and extension of it. 


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