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Man what is this stupid article? The function of the amygdala in the fight or flight response is well established without the need for some smart-ass to call it "amygdala hijack". This is not offering anything and I strongly feel it was written by "Daniel Goleman" himself (whoever that is) as an attempt to make himself popular as if it is his own "idea". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.11.230.77 ( talk) 22:54, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
WHY should this only include celebrities, pray tell? These people are no more notable than any other person on the face of this planet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.252.191.247 ( talk) 08:14, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Celebrities are trained to create and stimulate emotional responses. When we gorge on entertainment input, we ourselves are sustaining a self-perpetuating block towards neocortex usage. The majority of our reactions come directly out of the basal ganglia, as opposed to neocortex. Our subconscious emotional responses are hijacked to consume things, believe things, see division and fear that difference. 86.149.143.73 ( talk) 18:00, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
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Is it fair to say that this is basically a scientific explanation for the experience of being flabbergasted? Afalbrig ( talk) 21:46, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
This article states that amygdala hijacks are "out of measure with the actual stimulus", but are they always? Extreme threats, although rare, do exist and amygdala hijacks are the appropriate, survival-driven reaction to them. I am a lay person on this subject, but it seems logical to suppose that only chronically stressed and anxious subjects overreact to non extreme stimuli with amygdala hijacks because, thanks to their higher levels of stress hormones, they live permanently closer to the hijack threshold than the general population. Could any experts give their opinions on this hypothesis? Also, is the amygdala hijack binary or is it a spectrum, having intermediate degrees, where executive functions are impaired, but not totally absent? Can chronic stress and anxiety impair executive functions chronically? A Google search for amygdala hijack + binary + spectrum did not return any meaningful matches. Binho Gomes ( talk) 23:16, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
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Man what is this stupid article? The function of the amygdala in the fight or flight response is well established without the need for some smart-ass to call it "amygdala hijack". This is not offering anything and I strongly feel it was written by "Daniel Goleman" himself (whoever that is) as an attempt to make himself popular as if it is his own "idea". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.11.230.77 ( talk) 22:54, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
WHY should this only include celebrities, pray tell? These people are no more notable than any other person on the face of this planet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.252.191.247 ( talk) 08:14, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Celebrities are trained to create and stimulate emotional responses. When we gorge on entertainment input, we ourselves are sustaining a self-perpetuating block towards neocortex usage. The majority of our reactions come directly out of the basal ganglia, as opposed to neocortex. Our subconscious emotional responses are hijacked to consume things, believe things, see division and fear that difference. 86.149.143.73 ( talk) 18:00, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
Notable examples
Moved notable examples to below. It should not be re-instated until it can be determined that "amygdala hijack" is involved in those examples. As this is not going to happen, it just represents a list of people overreacting. Deciding that "amygdala hijack" is likely involved is not encyclopedic but opinion.
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Is it fair to say that this is basically a scientific explanation for the experience of being flabbergasted? Afalbrig ( talk) 21:46, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
This article states that amygdala hijacks are "out of measure with the actual stimulus", but are they always? Extreme threats, although rare, do exist and amygdala hijacks are the appropriate, survival-driven reaction to them. I am a lay person on this subject, but it seems logical to suppose that only chronically stressed and anxious subjects overreact to non extreme stimuli with amygdala hijacks because, thanks to their higher levels of stress hormones, they live permanently closer to the hijack threshold than the general population. Could any experts give their opinions on this hypothesis? Also, is the amygdala hijack binary or is it a spectrum, having intermediate degrees, where executive functions are impaired, but not totally absent? Can chronic stress and anxiety impair executive functions chronically? A Google search for amygdala hijack + binary + spectrum did not return any meaningful matches. Binho Gomes ( talk) 23:16, 24 July 2021 (UTC)