As I sat holding Alley and thinking of instinctive behavior I wondered how many of us are doing things instinctively that are actually extinct.

Neuroscientists explore the neurocomputation underlying survival behaviors, debunking the myth that fight-or-flight behavior is a reflex.

We currently have a good understanding of how humans learn via memory formation. This information can be used to understand how instinct works because rigid instinctive behavior is the polar ...

Making a snap decision usually means following your initial reaction—going with your gut. That intuitive feeling sprouts from the limbic system, the evolutionarily older and simpler part of the ...

University of Rochester Medical Center. "Underlying instincts: An appetite for survival." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 26 August 2021. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 08 / 210826095027.htm>.

THESE two books deal with the same subject—animal behaviour; but they could scarcely be more sharply contrasted, for the one is scientific and the other is not. (1) What is Instinct? Some ...

So the prefrontal cortex keeps behavior in check, but doesn't affect the underlying instinctive feeling: it stops you from running off-stage, but doesn't abate the butterflies in your stomach.