How can two mutually exclusive behaviors-mating and fighting-be mediated by the same population of neurons? Anderson found that the difference hinges on the intensity of the stimulus applied. Weak sensory stimulation, such as foreplay, activates mating, whereas stronger stimulation, such as danger, activates aggression. In 1952 Meyer Schapiro paid
( Eric R. Kandel )
[ Reductionism in Art and Brain ]
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