Sentences with phrase «flight response during»

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Among other things, the study identified 15 moments when the audience experienced the fight - or - flight response (as determined by a specific heart - rate pattern) and 4,716 seconds during which viewers were motionless, signaling peak filmgoer engagement.

Cortisol levels are raised by stress, and high levels are secreted during the body's flight or fight response to stress.

Here is the key to natural pain relief: During birth you want to reduce cortisol levels, the hormone produced in response to stress, and catecholamines, the «fight or flight» hormones, produced in response of fear.

During times of emotional upset, children are functioning from their lower brain (which controls the fight, flight, or freeze response) and need to calm down before they can access their higher brain (responsible for logical thought and reasoning).

In a life - threatening situation, the brain launches into «fight - or - flight,» a rapid and instinctive survival mechanism during which cortisol travels to the brain to dampen the initial response.

2) During oxygen deprivation, sleep deprivation or exhaustion, the rational cortical control over emotions shuts down, as in the fight - or - flight response, enabling inner voices and imaginary companions to arise.

Young veterans with combat - related PTSD have an increased «fight or flight» response during mental stress, according to findings published this week in The Journal of Physiology.

Stress typically secretes cortisol into the bloodstream, earning the hormone the common label of «the stress hormone,» meaning that it is present in the body at higher levels during the «fight or flight» response to stress.

So during this fight - or - flight response when the stress chemicals are being released, our amygdala has, in a way, «hijacked» our neocortex.

«Also, during aerobic exercise — whether it's running, a step class, kickboxing, calisthenics, tennis or dancing — you are pushing your body with fight - or - flight stress response movements.

This is because, during the fight or flight response, your body stops digesting food and blood is directed away from the stomach to other parts of your body, like the muscles of your arms and legs.

It happens during an extensive workout session but is also responsible for the fight or flight response.

As energy is diverted away from the gut during the fight - or - flight response, digestion and immune function is slowed or halted for long periods of time, which can rob us of key nutrients and expose the gut to infection and inflammation.

B vitamins maintains the adrenal glands and get used up during the «fight or flight» response and when converting food into energy for the body.

Observations of people meditating using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have shown that the amygdala, which lights - up during the fight or flight response, actually gets smaller with meditation, decreasing arousal and generating greater feelings of peace within subjects.

During the fight - or - flight response, cortisol increases blood sugar (the source of energy needed to survive) and shuts down anything within the body that is unnecessary, such as reproductive functions.

Serving as the complement to your body's «fight or flight» response, which is heightened during exercise, the parasympathetic nervous system kicks in after you train and is key for recovery, controlling processes such as digestion, going to the bathroom, and sexual arousal.

Although stress (physical and psychological) isn't the only reason that cortisol is secreted into the bloodstream, it has been termed «the stress hormone» because it's also secreted in higher levels during the body's «fight or flight» response to stress, and is responsible for several stress - related changes in the body.

During that brief period, you can override the fight - flight reflex with a learned response.

All these dogs take time, and have a higher flight response to pressure during training, so they can nip or bite when irritated or pushed too hard.

You can chalk it up to the fact that I'm afraid of being «that guy» who someone had to sit next to during the flight, and who is the subject of the response to the inevitable, «How was your fight?»

The series was conceived and executed on flight between New York and Atlanta, in response to her feelings of confinement and restraint during air travel.

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Staying calm during disagreements at home avoids triggering a fight or flight response in your teenager, and lays out a smoother path toward a solution.

During this election season, I have been particularly aware of political ads and ploys meant to scare or anger us, tapping into that flight or fight response.