The old brain makes or at least has input into most of our decisions.

老脑帮我们做决策，或说至少参与了决策。

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Both the old brain and the emotional brain act without our conscious knowledge.

老脑和情感大脑都不需要我们下意识的知识。

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So what we have to do is to squeeze some of the rational and cognitive skills of our newer brain into the old brain before the unguided driver gets us into too much trouble.

因此我们要做的就是在我们的旧大脑给我们带来麻烦前，从我们的新大脑中挤一些理智和认知能力到旧大脑里去。

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The immediate reaction is the old brain, and the old brain functions in its own traditional, accepted, reactionary, animalistic sense.

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The old brain is a superb pattern-recognizer.

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And contrary to the old dogma that the brain is genetically fixed in form and function, he says, the new understanding of "neuroplasticity" means the brain has the ability to change in significant ways throughout life, not only as a result of experiences but also by our own mental activity.

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