Wired for Peace : Using 7 Neuroscience-Based Principles to Resolve Conflicts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollack, Jeremy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management.

Neuropsychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

A deep dive and exploration into the critical role of the nervous system in conflict resolution and peacebuilding Drawing from neuroscience, social neuropsychology, predictive-processing theory, and decades of applied conflict resolution practice, Wired for Peace: Using 7 Neuroscience-Based Principles to Resolve Conflicts presents a.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Principle 1: Solutions and Stress Don't Mix

Always De-escalate First

The Arousal System

What Is Escalation?

How Escalation Affects Conflict Resolution

Why We Become Escalated

Recap: The Arousal System

Tools to Self-Regulate and De-escalate First

Practicing Self-Care

Using Self-Regulation

Implementing De-escalation

Moving Forward

Principle 2: Learn to Look at Conflict as an Opportunity

The Memory and Learning Systems

Why We Perceive Conflict Negatively

Benefits of Perceiving Conflict as an Opportunity

Recap: The Memory and Learning Systems

Tools to Perceive Conflict as an Opportunity

Reconditioning

Principle 3: Certainty Is an Illusion

Remain Curious

The Perceptual Systems

Interpretive Machines: What Is Real and True?

Cognitive Biases

Why We're Wired for Certainty

Benefits of Curiosity for Conflict Resolution

Recap: The Perceptual Systems

Tools to Embrace Uncertainty and Get Curious

Embracing Uncertainty

Allowing for Non-Rightness

Fostering Curiosity During Conflict

Principle 4: Peace Starts in Small Ways

The Language and Communication Systems

The Magic of Electrochemical Influence

Theory of System (ToS)

Sender-Channel-Receiver

The Importance of Communication in Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution Without Communication

Conflict Resolution with Communication

Recap: The Language and Communication Systems

Tools to Build Peace in Small Ways

Communicating as a Sender

Choosing the Channel

Principle 5: Resolution Requires Care, Transformation Requires Trust

The Care and Trust Systems

Care Versus Trust: Neural Networks

Care Versus Trust: Psychological Constructs.

Care Versus Trust in Conflict: Resolution, Management, and Transformation

Recap: The Care and Trust Systems

Tools to Exhibit Care and Build Trust

Exhibiting Care

Building Trust

Principle 6: We're Built to Collaborate

The Collaboration System

Collaboration Is More Natural Than Conflict

Critical Elements for Effective Collaboration During Conflict

Recap: The Collaboration System

Tools to Do What We Were Built to Do: Collaborate

Realigning on Shared Goals: When a Partnership Has Been Established

Finding Common Ground: When No Partnership Has Been Established

Principle 7: New Solutions Lie Outside the Structure

The Imagination and Creativity Systems

This Is Your Brain on Creativity

Creative Cognition in Conflict Resolution

Stepping Outside the Structure

The Three Pillars of Creative Problem-Solving

Recap: The Imagination and Creativity Systems

Tools to Move Outside the Structure

Divergent Thinking

Implementing Playful Exercises

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Electronic book.

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ISBN:

9781394372980

OCLC:

1593291775