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#1240 You & Your Brain (Part 2: The Reptilian Brain) - Dr. Hannah Korrel

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The Fawn Response to Threats

The cerebellum or the reptilian part of our brain, one of its functions is just to keep us safe. It's like a threat detection epicenter of the brain. The fawn response is your body's attempt to sort of align to ingratiate to please, to deescalate the threat,. And if you think about maybe any time perhaps you've been out, it's been late and you've encountered somebody who they're potentially rowdy. Sometimes there are times where you know that to almost appease them, to ingritiate them a little bit to go, oh yeah, make cool."

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