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Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan.

The reptilian brain is often blamed for our primitive instincts that can trigger fight, flight or freeze responses in us.

The ‘Monkey Brain’: Determine If A Prospect Will Accept You American physician and neuroscientist Paul D. MacLean pioneered the concept of the triune brain — the idea that the human brain evolved through three different stages. Those stages are known as the reptilian evolution or “crocodile brain,” the paleomammalian evolution or “monkey brain” and the neomammalian evolution or “modern brain.” We’re going to explore what are called the two Fs of the monkey brain and how they...