innerbrain

plural innerbrains · alternative inner-brain · alternative inner brain

1. countableinformaluncountableStructures located deep within the brain, particularly those involved in emotions and memory.

   I ask that because, as I stated in chapter 10, the Buddhists call the innerbrain the "phallus."

   2020, C. S. Warner, The Mystical Marriage

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   It can grow and build into something really frightening, and when it does build up to the point where innerbrain mix-up becomes a habit, nervous breakdown begins.

   1964, Mary Asia Hilf, Barbara Bourns, No Time for Tears, page 262

   When inhaled, amyl nitrite triggers an almost immediate acceleration in heart rate and drop in blood pressure while at the same time shutting off oxygen to the innerbrain.

   1991, Bulletin, page 22

   When people of a different race were seen, the amygdala — which is an innerbrain limbic-system structure that governs fear and anger — became more active.

   2009, Everett L. Worthington Jr., A Just Forgiveness