Controls automatic behaviors necessary for survival

Two ways of actively controlling a survival behavior are through suppression (actively keeping threat or information about threat out of mind) and reappraisal—actively changing the way one thinks about a threat or information pertaining to threat

Although it is common to assume that automatic behavior is the opposite of consciously controlled behavior, this analysis suggests that automaticity can characterize both behaviors we experience as consciously caused and those we experience as involuntary (Wegner and Wheatley 1999 )

Automatic behaviors are needed for fight or flight responses which are related with survival and postural adjustments

All the information comes from visual, somatosensory and vestibular systems are combined in the central nervous system for the execution of movements or maintenance of one part of the body in a fixed position