Thus, the earliest or
reptilian portion of the brain, associated primarily with the brain stem, is most involved with autonomic regulation and the most basic of survival Strategies involving food, procreation and territoriality.
Not exact matches
Dan H., Newsflash: We all have a «
reptilian brain» — that is the
portion of the
brain that controls relatively primitive functions — fight - or - flight, arousal, anger...
For years researchers generally accepted the idea that the human
brain consists
of three sub-brains: the «
reptilian»
portion in the back
of your head, the «mammalian» part in the middle, and the uniquely human part, the prefrontal cortex, located in your forehead.