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...Brain scans can reveal differences in the way patients who suffer from anxiety disorders respond to danger signals...
Before we delve into the latest research, let's define a few terms. Though we all have our own intuitive sense of what the words stress and fear mean, scientists use these words in very specific ways. For them, stress is an external stimulus that signals danger, often by causing pain. Fear is the short-term response such stresses produce in men, women or lab rats. Anxiety has a lot of the same symptoms as fear, but it's a feeling that lingers long after the stress has lifted and the threat has passed...
...this point, the other half of the stress signal has reached the cortex, which confirms that there's a danger present and figures out that it's causing pain. Once the shock has warn off, a part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex sends out an all-clear message and lets the amygdala know that it's O.K. to stand down. At least it's supposed to. It seems that it's harder to turn off a stress response than to turn it on. This makes sense, in terms of survival. After all, it's better to panic unnecessarily...
...from the TV show Alias. The outfit below is what she wears to "go out killing." Elektra is particularly keen to off Daredevil, played by Ben Affleck, and to do so, she employs pronged knives called sais, which she spent months training to use. "At first I was a danger to myself and everyone else," she says. "It was extremely cool, but next summer I'll probably be looking to do a comedy...
...serious and thoughtful characterization with over-the-top action and excitement. People are genuinely moved by some of the film's more dramatic scenes. It is this emotional component of Spider-Man's tortured-soul brand of heroism--as he realizes that his loved ones could be put in danger because of his superheroics and that happiness will often take a backseat to his altruism--that makes people identify with the film and want to see it over again. TONY WOLF New York City...