#139 – Andrew Huberman: Neuroscience of Optimal Performance
Lex Fridman Podcast
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The Science Behind the Fight or Flight Response
High level of stress makes it harder to maintain quiet and stillness/nFreeze response is actually an active response but fairly low stress/nHighest level of autonomic arousal associated with forward movement towards threat/nForward movement towards threat linked to activation of collateral which connects to dopamine circuits for reward/nMoving through a threat or towards a threat can be rewarded as a positive experience
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