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This is a simple survival mechanism—your organs are more important than your fingers, so your body prioritizes warming your core.
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Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
In prehistoric times, avoiding risk was a survival mechanism; today, that instinct sabotages our ability to take calculated risks.
—Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
According to Jason Zweig in Your Money & Your Brain, this propensity to look for patterns is part of our evolutionary survival mechanism since our primitive brains were tuned to the immutable physical laws of nature, like when lightning strikes, thunder follows.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Criticism triggers the sympathetic nervous system, activating the fight-flight-freeze response—our brain’s natural survival mechanism.
—Jason Walker, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
This evolutionary survival mechanism is known as aposematism.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
The military further reinforced the critical role of adaptability, not just as a valuable skill but as a survival mechanism.
—Alok Chanani, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Amid the onslaught, news triage is as much a survival mechanism as a civic duty.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
The Impact Of The First Impression Evolutionary psychology suggests that humans evolved to make quick assessments as a survival mechanism, allowing our ancestors to rapidly evaluate potential threats and find opportunities to stay safe.
—Akram Atallah, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
In prehistoric times, avoiding risk was a survival mechanism; today, that instinct sabotages our ability to take calculated risks.
—Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
According to Jason Zweig in Your Money & Your Brain, this propensity to look for patterns is part of our evolutionary survival mechanism since our primitive brains were tuned to the immutable physical laws of nature, like when lightning strikes, thunder follows.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Criticism triggers the sympathetic nervous system, activating the fight-flight-freeze response—our brain’s natural survival mechanism.
—Jason Walker, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
This evolutionary survival mechanism is known as aposematism.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
The military further reinforced the critical role of adaptability, not just as a valuable skill but as a survival mechanism.
—Alok Chanani, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Amid the onslaught, news triage is as much a survival mechanism as a civic duty.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
The Impact Of The First Impression Evolutionary psychology suggests that humans evolved to make quick assessments as a survival mechanism, allowing our ancestors to rapidly evaluate potential threats and find opportunities to stay safe.
—Akram Atallah, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Survival mechanism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/survival%20mechanism. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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