fight or flight response
The "fight or flight response" is a physiological reaction that prepares the body to either confront a perceived threat or flee from it, triggered by the release of stress hormones to increase heart rate, boost energy levels, and sharpen focus.
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- acute stress
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- amygdala
- animal instincts
- anxiety disorders
- autonomic nervous system
- cardiovascular system
- cortisol
- epinephrine
- evolutionary biology
- fear response
- fight or flight cascade
- freeze response
- hypothalamus
- instinctual aggression
- panic attacks
- phobias
- physiological arousal
- primal urges
- protective instincts
- savage instincts
- self-defense mechanisms
- self-preservation
- stress hormones
- stress response
- survival instinct
- survival instincts
- sympathetic nervous system
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- adaptations to stress and survival
- adaptive responses
- aggression in response to perceived threats
- animal survival instincts
- emergency response
- emotional survival instincts
- evolution of survival instincts
- evolutionary response to environmental changes
- evolutionary responses
- instinct for self-preservation
- instinct to defend territory
- instinctual decision-making in life-threatening situations
- instinctual responses to danger or threat
- prey instincts
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