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JOURNAL OF NEUROGENETICS
Volume 28, Issue 3-4, Pages 389-399Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/01677063.2014.912279
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activity; brain function; chance; Drosophila; outcome expectation
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Behavior is not adequately described as a stimulus-response process. It is initiated by the animal and is generated because of its expected outcome in the future. The outcome can be good or bad for the animal. The brain is in charge of the selection process. This is the basic function of the brain. Taking Drosophila as a study case, this paper discusses initiating activity, several examples of outcome expectations, trying out (the internal search for a suitable behavior), chaining of actions, and the functional roles of chance in action selection. It takes mental processes and states such as goals, intentions, feelings, memories, cognition, and attention as higher levels of behavioral control that have their origin in biological evolution.
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