The Self Illusion

Those that control eye movement have evolved simply to direct your gaze to the darkest and brightest objects in the world.

Deep in the history of our species, we behaved in this automatic way but eventually we evolved higher levels of brain machinery that enabled us to control these reptilian urges.

Arising out of the midbrain is the limbic system, a network that controls emotions and drives such as aggression and sex. This has been called the ‘reptilian brain’ because it controls the sorts of functions we share with lizards and snakes.