Motivated Behaviour And The Role Of The Hypothalamus
The behaviours of eating and sexual activity in humans are regarded in terms of motivated behaviour such that they appear to be purposeful and directed toward a goal. The hypothalamus is a brain structure located deep within the brain that, although small in size less than 1% of the brains total mass, is largely responsible for and controls a wide variety of human behaviour including motivation, eating, sexual activity and emotion. However in trying to understand this role it is important to first investigate the fundamental reasons and causes behind motivated behaviour. One apparent reason for behaviour is that we act out of free will however this is not a viable cause of behaviour as sometimes the central nervous system produces behaviour, which cannot be due to free will. Hebb (1955) and Heron (1957) argued that in order for the brain to maintain a minimum level of interaction people are motivated to engage with stimuli present within the environment. This is known as......
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