Sentences with phrase «flight mechanism»

The fight or flight mechanism works best as a temporary response to help with survival.

«Our work introduces a design scheme to mimic the key flight mechanisms of biological bats,» said Chung, who is also a research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech manages for NASA.

The fight - or - flight mechanism sidesteps rational thinking in favor of a faster response.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and Caltech have developed a self - contained robotic bat — dubbed Bat Bot (B2)-- with soft, articulated wings that can mimic the key flight mechanisms of biological bats.

Arguably, bats have the most sophisticated powered flight mechanism among animals, as evidenced by the shape - changing capability of their wings.

Stress — Prolonged stress or prolonged periods of stress trigger the «fight or flight mechanism which causes a series of changes in hormone levels and can fluctuate blood sugar levels,

The fight - or - flight mechanism sidesteps rational thinking in favor of a faster response to ensure survival.

Their fight or flight mechanisms, and one might add their «fright» reactions, which we now know are built into their very DNA, do indeed seem to imply that a certain degree and type of suffering seems also to be built in.

maybe it's the fight or flight mechanism that kicks in.

Fear during labor activates our primal fight - or - flight mechanism, causing stress hormones called catecholamines to slow down digestion, make the heart speed up, force blood to the arms and legs, and ultimately deplete blood flow to the uterus, creating uterine pain and hindering the labor process.

The flight mechanism and aerodynamics of the bumblebee are quite well understood, despite the urban legend that calculations show that they can't fly.

Our flight mechanism is valid across the range of flight speed.»

«In our work, we uncover the flight mechanism of a parachuting dandelion fruit, and reveal a new type of vortex, responsible for its flight capacity,» Cummins said.

Their flight mechanism involves more than 40 types of joints that interlock the bones and muscles to one another creating a musculoskeletal system that can change shape and is capable of movement in multiple independent directions.

What if there was a way to bypass the fight or flight mechanism that blocks you from moving towards your goals?

Stress activates the fight or flight mechanism, where the blood that's normally in your brain, organs and immune system is directed into the arms and legs, readying you to fight or flee.

Hyper extension in the thoracic spine exerts pressure on posterior mediastinum - a part of the thorax which when pressured creates an increase in the sympathetic tone of the autonomic nervous system (responsible for the fight or flight mechanism)- this is not a good thing.

It causes our alarms to go off, our protections to fixate, and our fight - or - flight mechanisms to go into full alarm.

however, I think drinking excessive amounts of caffeine triggers the release of adrenaline, and adrenaline is the source of the fight - or - flight response...... the fight - or - flight mechanism sidesteps rational thinking in favor of a faster response to ensure survival.....

Caffeine (in all forms) adds to cortisol hormone that I mentioned earlier — the «fight or flight» response, which is released in reaction to fear or stress by the adrenal glands as part of the fight - or - flight mechanism.

It usually takes 30 minutes for stress hormones to leave your body once youve lost your temper and the fight - or - flight mechanism has fully kicked in.

A silver orb is one of the power sources for the flight mechanism of Zenithia castle.

If an individual experiences great anxiety because of constant thought about a stressor, their fight or flight mechanism could be in perpetual heightened response.