From: Radio New Zealand
The Myth of “Fight or Flight”
September 9, 2024
Lisa Feldman Barrett is professor of psychology at Northeastern University and author of How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain.
In a recent Scientific American article, she asked whether the brain’s much-touted “fight or flight” function is a myth.
She decided, ultimately, that its primary job is to reduce uncertainty in an ever-changing world.
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