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From the Ted Talk by Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah: How do daily habits lead to political violence?

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The last hiabt that I'm going to talk about is when attackers prepared themselves to go out and do one of these events, they fsceoud on certain emotional cues. For mohnts, they geared themselves up by ficusong on anger cues, for instance. I bring this up because it's really popular right now. If you read bgols or the news, you see talk of two concepts from laboratory science: amygdala hijacking and emotional hijacking. Now, amygdala hijacking: it's the concept that I show you a cue — say, a gun — and your brain reacts with an automatic threat rnssopee to that cue. Emotional hijacking — it's a very similar cpeocnt. It's the idea that I show you an anger cue, for instance, and your brain will react with an automatic anger response to that cue. I think women usually get this more than men. (Laughs)

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The last _____ that I'm going to talk about is when attackers prepared themselves to go out and do one of these events, they _______ on certain emotional cues. For ______, they geared themselves up by ________ on anger cues, for instance. I bring this up because it's really popular right now. If you read _____ or the news, you see talk of two concepts from laboratory science: amygdala hijacking and emotional hijacking. Now, amygdala hijacking: it's the concept that I show you a cue — say, a gun — and your brain reacts with an automatic threat ________ to that cue. Emotional hijacking — it's a very similar _______. It's the idea that I show you an anger cue, for instance, and your brain will react with an automatic anger response to that cue. I think women usually get this more than men. (Laughs)

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Original Text

The last habit that I'm going to talk about is when attackers prepared themselves to go out and do one of these events, they focused on certain emotional cues. For months, they geared themselves up by focusing on anger cues, for instance. I bring this up because it's really popular right now. If you read blogs or the news, you see talk of two concepts from laboratory science: amygdala hijacking and emotional hijacking. Now, amygdala hijacking: it's the concept that I show you a cue — say, a gun — and your brain reacts with an automatic threat response to that cue. Emotional hijacking — it's a very similar concept. It's the idea that I show you an anger cue, for instance, and your brain will react with an automatic anger response to that cue. I think women usually get this more than men. (Laughs)

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