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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Jan. 27, 2007

Neutral Follows Science to Heart of Mediation

Sometimes, Lynn Bassis finds too many amygdalas in the mediation room.

By Anne Marie Ruff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      Sometimes, Lynn Bassis finds too many amygdalas in the mediation room.
      Most people have no idea what their amygdala is, much less how to control it in the interest of settlement.
      But Bassis, a keen student of neuropsychology knows that often our primitive brain, our amygdala, spurs us on in a conflict,...

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