Anything Quote by Peter Diamandis

Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.

— Peter Diamandis

Once we start believing that the apocalypse is coming, the amygdala goes on high alert, filtering out most anything that says otherwise.

— Peter Diamandis

“our early warning system evolved in an era of immediacy, when threats were of the tiger-in-the-bush variety. Things have changed since. Many of today’s…

— Peter H. Diamandis

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

— David DiSalvo

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

— Abraham Lincoln

Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.

— Napoleon Hill

“even a small amount of ambiguity triggers increased activity in the amygdalae—two deep brain structures that play a major role in our response to…

— David DiSalvo

Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

— Anonymous

I think that when you're constructing entertainment; thrillers, horror movies, or anything that's gonna scare, they're all based on what our natural worries are.

— Julianne Moore

Horror has always reflected societal anxiety. Like 'Godzilla' coming out of the aftermath of nuclear war. It tells us what we as a society…

— Nia DaCosta

“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

“Chapter 3 discusses some unsettling research—stick your average person in a brain scanner, and show him a picture of someone of another race for…

— Robert M. Sapolsky