Climate Change and the Amygdala
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UC Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner talks about how the part of our nervous system called the amygdala triggers stress and fight-or-flight behavior. "That's been crafted by tens, hundreds of millions of years to respond to immediate threats, probably dangerous objects, predators out in the environment, and not these abstracts, long-lasting events that involve complex systems like climate change," said Dr. Keltner.
Speakers at this Event
Author, Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change