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In a purely biological sense, fear begins with the body’s system for reacting to things that can harm us—the so-called fight-or-
In a purely biological sense, fear begins with the body’s system for reacting to things that can harm us—the so-called fight-or-
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In a purely biological sense, fear begins with the body’s system for reacting to things that can harm us—the
so-called fight-or-flight response
. "An animal that can’t detect danger can’t stay alive," says Joseph LeDoux. Like animals, humans evolved with an elaborate mechanism for processing information about potential threats. At its core is a cluster of neurons deep in the brain known as the amygdala.
LeDoux studies the way animals and humans respond to threats to understand how we form memories of significant events in our lives. The amygdala receives input from many parts of the brain, including regions responsible for retrieving memories. Using this information, the amygdala appraises a situation—I think this charging dog wants to bite me—and triggers a response by radiating nerve signals throughout the body. These signals produce the familiar signs of distress: trembling, perspiration and fast-moving feet, just to name three.
This fear mechanism is critical to the survival of all animals, but no one can say for sure whether beasts other than humans know they’re afraid. That is, as LeDoux says, "if you put that system into a brain that has consciousness, then you get the feeling of fear."
Humans, says Edward M. Hallowell, have the ability to call up images of bad things that happened in the past and to anticipate future events. Combine these higher thought processes with our hardwired danger-detection systems, and you get a near-universal human phenomenon: worry.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing, says Hallowell. "When used properly, worry is an incredible device ," he says. After all, a little healthy worrying is okay if it leads to constructive action—like having a doctor look at that weird spot on your back.
Hallowell insists, though, that there’ s a right way to worry. "Never do it alone, get the facts and then make a plan." He says. Most of us have survived a recession, so we’re familiar with the belt-tightening strategies needed to survive a slump.
Unfortunately, few of us have much experience dealing with the threat of terrorism, so it’s been difficult to get fact about how we should respond. That’ s why Hallowell believes it was okay for people to indulge some extreme worries last fall by asking doctors for Cipro and buying gas masks.
From the studies conducted by LeDoux we learn that
选项
A、reactions of humans and animals to dangerous situations are often unpredictable.
B、memories of significant events enable people to control fear and distress.
C、people’ s unpleasant memories are derived from their feelings of fear.
D、the amygdala plays a vital part in human and animal responses to potential danger.
答案
D
解析
细节题。此题属于细节推断题。文章第一段说humans evolved with an elaborate mechanismfor processing information about potential threats,而根据后面的内容At its core is….known as theamygdala,可以推断amygdala在人对潜在危险的反应中起着重要作用。
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考研英语一
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