innerbrain

English

Alternative forms

  • inner-brain, inner brain

Etymology

From inner +‎ brain.

Noun

innerbrain (countable and uncountable, plural innerbrains)

  1. (informal) Structures located deep within the brain, particularly those involved in emotions and memory.
    • 1964, Mary Asia Hilf, Barbara Bourns, No Time for Tears, page 262:
      It can grow and build into something really frightening, and when it does build up to the point where innerbrain mix-up becomes a habit, nervous breakdown begins.
    • 1991, Bulletin, page 22:
      When inhaled, amyl nitrite triggers an almost immediate acceleration in heart rate and drop in blood pressure while at the same time shutting off oxygen to the innerbrain.
    • 2009, Everett L. Worthington Jr., A Just Forgiveness:
      When people of a different race were seen, the amygdala — which is an innerbrain limbic-system structure that governs fear and anger — became more active.
    • 2020, C. S. Warner, The Mystical Marriage:
      I ask that because, as I stated in chapter 10, the Buddhists call the innerbrain the "phallus."
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