Attack & Escape Behaviors

Attack

100

Which hormone tends to inhibit aggressive behavior?

Cortisol

200

I judge danger before you think, I act before you plan, i can save you or betray you, depending on how fast i ran

_{The amygdala}

300

What hormone makes you perceive the opportunity to attack as rewarding?

Testosterone

Fear

100

I can make you fight or help you take flight, in danger, I’m usually your guiding light. What am I?

Fear

200

Having a smaller-than-average hippocampus increases the risk of developing which disorder?

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

300

This part of the brain helps you evaluate whether a fear response is called for or if you're just being dramatic? 

Prefrontal cortex 

Anxiety

100

I help calm your worries, take away your fright, binding to receptors, I make sleep feel rights. I am a friend when anxiety's high, yet risky to use. 

What am I?

Benzodiazepines

200

This brain region triggers physical symptoms like an increased heart rate and hyperventilation 

hypothalamus 

300

What is most commonly used to reduce anxiety because of its effects on GABA receptors?

Alcohol