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Fear!
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Why do we love horror movies?Body responds in way we would if we were in situation
Reading of novels especially elicits same response
His right arm swung limply at his side shooting pain up his arm, through his neck and into his head…
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Fear as emotion
Emotions affect our hormones
Hormones affect physiology
Physiology governs behavior
Common emotions:
JoyHappinessSadnessAnxietyAngerLovePityPrideRegretShyness
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Why is fear good?
Stimulates the body to redline
Reprioritizes
Allows you to do things not normally possible
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Specific Species Defense Response
Species react to situations in different, unique ways
Depends upon other behavior
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Processing Fear
We recognize the feeling of fear, but what causes this feeling?
We have very little control over the process, as it’s automated
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What’s involved
Amygdala
Hypothalamus
Thalamus
Hippocampus
Sensory Cortex
Septum
Brainstem
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Sympathetic Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System
Impossible to override some of it
Controls the processes that keep us alive
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Fight or FlightAccelerated breathing
Constriction of blood vessels
Increase in muscle tension
Sweating
Increase in blood sugar
Increase in Calcium
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Amygdala • Amygdala hijacking
• Paralyzed with fear
• Pavlovian Conditioning– Pairing of stimuli
• Stimulus of memories in amygdala trigger the same hormonal response
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Laughter
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Laughter
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Laughter’s effect on the bodyIncrease heart rate and breathing rate
Activates pleasure centers of the brain
Dispels negative thoughts
Increases endorphins
Lowers stress hormones (cortisol and adrenaline)
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The simple anticipation of laughter
Simply anticipating laughter lowers stress hormones!!
Up next….a really funny video!!
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Mimicking emotion
Laughing is the most contagious emotion of them all!
More than coughing, sneezing, yawning, crying, all of them!!
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Cocktail of Hormones
Muscles are controlled by hormones and neurotransmitters
Protagonist and antagonistic exist
Situation determines which are released
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Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
Increase heart rate
Increase blood sugar content
Also called adrenaline and noradrenaline
Lowers certain organ function, kidneys & stomach
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CortisolIncreases Calcium ions in the blood
Increases sugar in blood
Increases white blood cell count
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Endorphins
The body’s pain killers
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HippocampusPortion of the brain directly involved in memory
Stimulated with Amygdala
Stores the emotional memories
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PTSD
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How the hormone cocktail affects behavior
All the hormones released will increase chance for survival
Very expensive responses, though
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A snake in the grass!Think about how your body processes this…
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Advantages to not thinking
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How past experience affects future behavior
Memories become associated with hormone releases and behavior
When the same memory neurons fire, it will set off same response due to synaptic pathway