Impulses (5)
I believe the answer is:
urges
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">impulses</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('urge' can be a synonym of 'impulse')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for urges that I've seen before include "Inner promptings" , "Exhorts or prods" , "Eggs on" , "Advocates strongly" , "Encourages" .)