When we’re feeling fear or other negative emotions, it triggers what physicians call the sympathetic response — better known as the fight-or-flight response. When this happens, our brains ...

“When you run into a situation that is stressful or that you are afraid of, or is going to cause anxiety, your body – the amygdala in the brain – will correlate a flight or fight response ...

Dog owners who take their pets for walks this month must anticipate how their animal may react to scary decorations ... terrorscapes can easily trigger the 'fight or flight' response in dogs ...

Planning on watching a scary movie or going ... sent to the hypothalamus and triggers our autonomic nervous system — the system responsible for the fight or flight instinct — when our bodies ...

Scary pumpkins ... sight of a predator, triggers a fear response in the amygdala, which activates areas involved in preparation for motor functions involved in fight or flight.

It’s no surprise that one of the reasons stems from childhood experiences and the amygdala, the part of the brain that controls your fight-or-flight ... Scary movies also trigger increased ...

giving you the mental boost you need to find your way out of a scary situation. And Kerr says fight-or-flight mode can also cause the release of “a host of chemicals — like neurotransmitters ...