triune brain

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|neuroscience}} A [[discredited]] [[model]] of the [[brain]] [[according]] to which the [[reptilian]] [[complex]], the [[paleomammalian]] [[complex]] ([[limbic system]]){{,}} and the [[neomammalian]] [[complex]] ([[neocortex]]) are each [[independently]] [[conscious]], as [[structure]]s [[sequentially]] [[added]] to the [[forebrain]] during the [[course]] of [[evolution]].

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