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The impact of stress on our physical and emotional health | Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D. (#51 rebroadcast)

The Peter Attia Drive

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The Amygdala and the Physiology of Fear

The amygdala is the part of the brain that's all about emotion. People who tend to view neutral expressions as threatening see threats most other people don't. A physically larger amygdala with a higher metabolic rate and amygdala that is more electrophysiologically reactive than stuff. Your amygdala does the exact same sort of cellular basis of learning that goes on another part of your brain when you learn somebody's middle name or something.

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