| 单词 | reptilian brain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreptilian brain reptilian brain n. (in a model of brain function and evolution developed by P. D. MacLean) the part of the human brain that corresponds to the brain of vertebrates before the evolution of mammals and the accompanying expansion of the cerebral cortex, and which is associated with a limited repertoire of behaviours concerned mainly with self-preservation; (also, loosely) the part of the brain to which primitive, non-rational, or self-interested behaviour is attributed. ΚΠ 1962 P. D. MacLean in Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 135 289/1 Man finds himself in the predicament that Nature has endowed him essentially with three brains... The oldest of these brains is basically reptilian.] 1964 P. D. MacLean in Mod. Med. 3 Feb. 96 The reptilian brain corresponds to the greater part of the brainstem and contains much of the so-called reticular system, the midbrain, and the basal ganglia... It is not a very good brain for facing up to new situations. 1992 Internat. Rev. Appl. Linguistics in Lang. Teaching 33 182 Even more primitive than the limbic system is the brainstem, or reptilian brain. 2008 D. Baker et al. What Happy Women Know 16 While the reptilian brain is all about ‘me’, the mammalian brain is about ‘me’ but also about ‘we’. < as lemmas |
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