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behavior
Brain mechanisms
The medial preoptic area MPA MPA
(rostral to the hypothalamus) is the
forebrain region most critical for
male sexual behavior (also critical
for other sexually dimorphic
behavior, including maternal
behavior & territorial behavior).
The organizational effects of
androgens are responsible for sexual
dimorphisms in brain structure.
Females.
Most important forebrain region for
female sexual behavior: ventral
medial nucleus of the hypothalamus
(VMH).
Oestradiol & progesterone exert their
facilitating effects on female sexual
behavior in this region.
Parental behavior
Most research focused on maternal
behavior, but now some research are
studying paternal behavior too.
Human paternal behavior is very
important for the offspring of our
species, but the physiological basis of
this behavior has not yet been
studied.
Emotion.
Emotion as response patterns
3 types of components:
1. Behavioral muscular movement.
2. Autonomic facilitate the behavioral
response.
3. Hormonal reinforce the autonomic
response.
Components of
emotion are
controlled by
separate neural
systems.
Integration of these
neural systems are
controlled by the
amygdala