What Stan Tatkin has said about Salience network
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 5, 2026
Stan Tatkin, American psychologist, couples therapist and author, founder of the PACT Institute, has been quoted on Salience network once in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on September 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Tatkin says rising arousal strips the brain of executive capacity because resources are diverted to the muscles.
“As soon as my blood pressure and heart rate go up to a certain level, my brain changes. I literally don't have a capacity to do that because the executive areas demand a lot of resources to run”
Modern Wisdom: Couples Therapist: Why Your Brain Turns Your Partner Into An Enemy - Stan Tatkin -#1146 (Sep 5, 2026) · Listen from 30:13
Episodes
Couples Therapist: Why Your Brain Turns Your Partner Into An Enemy - Stan Tatkin -#1146Modern Wisdom · Sep 5, 2026 · 1 h 9 min
Couples therapist Stan Tatkin tells Chris Williamson why attachment biology, threat memory and the absence of explicit agreements wreck long-term relationships.
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