Hypothalamus and Limbic System: Emotion and Motivated Behavior
		• Emotions and motivated behavior are crucial for survival: – Emotional responses modulate the autonomic nervous system to respond to threatening stimuli or situations. – Emotional responses are adaptive.  If you are prepared to deal with threatening stimuli, you are more likely to survive and reproduce. – Motivated behavior underlies feeding, sexual and other behaviors integral to promoting survival and reproduction. – The hypothalamus and limbic system mediate these behaviors.