Nervous system Quote by Catherine M. Pittman

“The amygdala can accomplish its quick response because of the special properties of another nucleus within it: the central nucleus.”

— Catherine M. Pittman

“The lateral nucleus is the part of the amygdala that receives incoming messages from the senses.”

— Catherine M. Pittman

“The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) mediates the body’s response to arousing circumstances, for example, producing the famed “fight or flight” stress response. To use…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“The role of the SNS is to create the fight-or-flight response, an effect that is balanced by the influences of the parasympathetic nervous system…

— Catherine M. Pittman

“The role of the amygdala is to attach emotional significance to situations or objects and to form emotional memories.”

— Catherine M. Pittman

“Powerful support for an amygdaloid role in fear processing comes from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In PTSD sufferers the amygdala is overreactive to mildly…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“amygdalae filter through the information to determine its threat-level significance and mobilizes a response.”

— David DiSalvo

The amygdala, along with related areas..., plays a crucial role in coordinating perceptions with memory and behavior. These regions are especially sensitive to social…

— Daniel J. Siegel

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or…

— Daniel Goleman

“The quick reaction that results from the amygdala pathway is typically called the fight-or-flight response.”

— Catherine M. Pittman

To say that my anxiety is reducible to the ions in my amygdala”—the home of the fight-or-flight reflex—“is as limiting as saying that my…

— Scott Stossel

“The “Intense World” paper proposed that if the amygdala, which is associated with emotional responses, including fear, is affected by sensory overload, then certain…

— Temple Grandin