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To override this instinct, the prefrontal cortex, which is also associated with reasoning and rational thought, [30] must be active. The prefrontal cortex is also the part of the brain that determines the focus of a person's attention, [ 30 ] which enables a better framing that facilitates delayed gratification. [ 20 ]
to create this process. Before we started to think of the year ahead, it seemed natural to review 1980 and what had happened for each of us. Expecting the worst, we both found that we’d accomplished far more than we thought. We started to feel a bit more enthusiastic about ourselves and what lay ahead --- an experience which, by the way, has
Thinking, Fast and Slow is a 2011 popular science book by psychologist Daniel Kahneman.The book's main thesis is a differentiation between two modes of thought: "System 1" is fast, instinctive and emotional; "System 2" is slower, more deliberative, and more logical.
In evolutionary psychology and behavioral ecology, human mating strategies are a set of behaviors used by individuals to select, attract, and retain mates.Mating strategies overlap with reproductive strategies, which encompass a broader set of behaviors involving the timing of reproduction and the trade-off between quantity and quality of offspring.
The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat is a 2017 non-fiction book by Stephan J. Guyenet. Guyenet describes the mechanisms by which the brain regulates diet. Guyenet describes the mechanisms by which the brain regulates diet.
In short, most men remain well into retirement age, with the majority of intimately active senior men happy with their intimate lives. Male Libido and Age Libido tends to decrease with age in men ...
Beyond the Pleasure Principle (German: Jenseits des Lustprinzips) is a 1920 essay by Sigmund Freud.It marks a major turning point in the formulation of his drive theory, where Freud had previously attributed self-preservation in human behavior to the drives of Eros and the regulation of libido, governed by the pleasure principle.
The idea of a "group mind" or "mob behavior" was first put forward by 19th-century social psychologists Gabriel Tarde and Gustave Le Bon.Herd behavior in human societies has also been studied by Sigmund Freud and Wilfred Trotter, whose book Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War is a classic in the field of social psychology.