Fight or Flight Reaction

What is the fight or flight reaction?

• it is our body's primitive, automatic, inborn response that prepares the body to "fight" or "flee" from perceived attack, harm, or threat to our survival.

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Chemicals released

• adrenaline and cortisol are released into our blood stream

Fight or flight is a stress response. Dopamine and serotonin affect how organisms react to stress.

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Norepinephrine and epinephrine

hypothalamus is activated in the brain.

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Sources

• http://the6healthyhabits.com/fight-or-flight.html
• http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/wired-for-survival/1...
• http://changingminds.org/explanations/brain/flight_flight.html