Do humans really have a ‘lizard brain’ lurking beneath our rational minds?
Think of the many stories that use it, from The Three Little Pigs to Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Three Musketeers. Public information and political campaigns use it for impact and ease of recall (“Stop, look and listen”; “See it. And then there are psychological or philosophical frameworks: Freud with his id, ego and superego; Plato’s three parts of the human soul; the Holy Trinity.Well, it turns out neuroscience isn’t immune from tri-mania.
- ▪Think of the many stories that use it, from The Three Little Pigs to Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Three Musketeers.
- ▪Public information and political campaigns use it for impact and ease of recall (“Stop, look and listen”; “See it.
- ▪And then there are psychological or philosophical frameworks: Freud with his id, ego and superego; Plato’s three parts of the human soul; the Holy Trinity.Well, it turns out neuroscience isn’t immune from tri-mania.
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| Publication time | Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:00:26 GMT |
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Illustration: Elia Barbieri/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Elia Barbieri/The GuardianThe big ideaNeuroscienceDo humans really have a ‘lizard brain’ lurking beneath our rational minds?It’s a powerful analogy that captured the popular consciousness, but the biological reality may be quite differentHannah CritchlowSun 4 Oct 2026 07.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleHumans have a cognitive quirk for the number three. Think of the many stories that use it, from The Three Little Pigs to Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Three Musketeers. Public information and political campaigns use it for impact and ease of recall (“Stop, look and listen”; “See it. Say it. Sorted”; “Reduce, reuse, recycle”).
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