ain oph ob ia ), ▁and ▁k ain oph ob ia ▁( or ▁k ain ol oph ob ia ). ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁Norway ▁r ats ▁and ▁house ▁m ice ▁are ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁evol ved ▁increased ▁levels ▁of ▁ne oph ob ia ▁as ▁they ▁became ▁comm ens al ▁with ▁humans ▁because ▁humans ▁were ▁rout in ely ▁de vis ing ▁new ▁methods ▁( e . g ., ▁m ous etra ps ) ▁to ▁er ad icate ▁them . ▁ ▁Ne oph ob ia ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁common ▁finding ▁in ▁ag ing ▁animals , ▁although ▁a path y ▁could ▁also ▁explain , ▁or ▁contribute ▁to ▁explain , ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁expl or atory ▁drive ▁system atically ▁observed ▁in ▁ag ing . ▁Research ers ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁expl or atory ▁drive ▁was ▁likely ▁due ▁ne uro phys i olog ically ▁to ▁the ▁d ys function ▁of ▁neural ▁path ways ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁pre front al ▁cor tex ▁observed ▁during ▁ag ing . ▁ ▁Robert ▁Anton ▁Wilson ▁the or ized ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁Prom ethe us ▁R ising ▁that ▁ne oph ob ia ▁is ▁instinct ual ▁in ▁people ▁after ▁they ▁begin ▁to ▁raise ▁children . ▁Wilson ' s ▁views ▁on ▁ne oph ob ia ▁are ▁mostly ▁negative , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁reason ▁human ▁culture ▁and ▁ideas ▁do ▁not ▁advance ▁as ▁quickly ▁as ▁our ▁technology . ▁His ▁model ▁includes ▁an ▁idea ▁from ▁Thomas ▁Ku hn ' s ▁The ▁Str ucture ▁of ▁Scient ific ▁Revolution s , ▁which ▁is ▁that ▁new ▁ideas ,