amygdala acts as a radar for the brain, calling attention to whatever might be new, puzzling, or important to learn more about.
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instinctively become more attentive to the faces of the people around us, searching for smiles or frowns that give us a better sense of how to interpret signs of danger or that might signal someone’s intentions.2
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as we confront someone’s anger, our brain automatically scans to see if it signals some further danger.
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emotions are contagious
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When someone dumps their toxic feelings on us—explodes in anger or threats, shows disgust or contempt—they activate in us circuitry for those very same distressing emotions.
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The more strongly connected we are with someone emotionally, the greater the mutual force.