23 : Peter Sterling, Part 1
Circle of Willis
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Adaptive stress response in salamanders
Salamanders prefer cold, dark and damp spaces in the woods, and when they leave that space, they experience a stress response to prompt them to return. These corrective responses are initiated by the body, independent of the brain. The speaker's perspective changed in the 1970s when they began considering how society affects the body, mediated by the brain.
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