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The process may be a bit different than introducing opiates into the body. It's part of our design. Dan Goleman does an excellent job of outlining what is called the "Amygdala Hijack". youtu.be/6VG5Zhp3XmE
Essentially, the chemicals set off by the amygdala (cortisol and adrenalin) overpower the thinking part of the brain. The chemicals la…
The process may be a bit different than introducing opiates into the body. It's part of our design. Dan Goleman does an excellent job of outlining what is called the "Amygdala Hijack". https://youtu.be/6VG5Zhp3XmE?si=-TC0dqK8uCbmXj26
Essentially, the chemicals set off by the amygdala (cortisol and adrenalin) overpower the thinking part of the brain. The chemicals last quite a while and fog out the reasoning centers for up to several minutes.
What Fox, Russia 1, Russia 24, and social media (especially with video) do very well is keep the hijack going over time. When on a trip a couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to watch Russia 1 and 24 for extended periods. My Russian is rather limited so watching took on a more non-linguistic characteristic. What I noticed is that the pace of the programming is to interject emotional shock about every 3 minutes. That is similar to Fox and the way social media works.