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Psychology · Chapter 13

Fight or Flight

Face a sudden threat and your body reacts in seconds — long before you can think it through. Walter Cannon named this the fight-or-flight response. Drag the arousal dial (or hit Trigger) and watch the body mobilize, organ by organ.

The mobilizing body

Drag the dial to raise arousal · tap any organ for detail.
The acute stress responsedrag the dial or trigger a stressor
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