What Is The Scariest Thing?

Vsauce October 24, 2019
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Everyone is scared of something ... but what's the SCARIEST thing? Is it even possible to answer such a question? In this special I explore the dark recesses of the mind to learn how fears are born and whether there exists a grand, unifying terror. FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/electricpants D!NG: http://youtube.com/dingsauce SEASON 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKdEhx-dD4&list=PLZRRxQcaEjA4qyEuYfAMCazlL0vQDkIj2 SEASON 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sl5KJ69qiA&list=PLZRRxQcaEjA7wmh3Z6EQuOK9fm1CqnJCI SEASON 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktkjUjcZid0&list=PLZRRxQcaEjA7LX19uAySGlc9hmprBxfEP INDEX 0:00 Intro 02:37 Fear Conditioning 06:03 Amygdala and Hippocampus 06:49 Innate Aversions 07:39 The Web of Fear 08:38 Fear of Death 10:30 Informational Learning/Storytelling 12:02 Nomophobia 12:48 Isolation 15:25 Fear of the Dark 17:36 Fear of Sounds 17:58 Auditory Cortex, Thalamus, and Amygdalae 19:41 Dissonance 22:00 Law of Contagion 23:23 Piloerection Reflex 24:49 Distorted Forms 27:14 Vicarious Learning/Social Fear Transmission 30:05 Innate Aversions 31:14 Category Jamming 35:04 Patient SM, Non-Functioning Amygdalae 36:44 Suffocation 37:54 Midbrain, Brain Stem

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