Evolution of Complex Behavior, Perception, Cognition, Consciousness & the Brain | Paul Cisek | 107
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Reflexive Behavior
How do we start to think about the transition from mostly or purely reflexive behaviors that can be very simple in the ways that you just described, detect one type of stimulus at one side of the body and then simply execute and escape behavior. How do we begin to think about structures in the brain that have much more refined capabilities? Well, first of all, the reflex that I'm describing is actually not, again, not the start of behavior so much, but rather a necessary step that becomes particularly necessary once you get big predators roaming around. The fundamental thing is really the motivated, sort of internally motivated behavior like, boy, my nutrients are running low, better get out there and forage
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