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A few months ago I was soundly sleeping in the middle of the night when our tablet/baby monitor glitched out and made a really loud continuous beep noise. My wife woke up first and saw the screen and exclaimed our child's name.
Within half a second my brain had heard the loud noise, heard my wife, concluded that our child/family is under threat, dispensed a massive hit of adrenaline and I was already out of bed and walking towards her room before I was really conscious of what was happening.
It just struck me how incredible this ancient system is to be able to get me from sleeping to ready for battle in milliseconds.
The downside is my heart didn't stop pumping for 10 minutes and there was no chance of getting back to sleep any time soon.
Any biologists have some interesting facts on adrenaline? Any interesting tales of the power of adrenaline?
Within half a second my brain had heard the loud noise, heard my wife, concluded that our child/family is under threat, dispensed a massive hit of adrenaline and I was already out of bed and walking towards her room before I was really conscious of what was happening.
It just struck me how incredible this ancient system is to be able to get me from sleeping to ready for battle in milliseconds.
The downside is my heart didn't stop pumping for 10 minutes and there was no chance of getting back to sleep any time soon.
Any biologists have some interesting facts on adrenaline? Any interesting tales of the power of adrenaline?
Simpo Two said:
Tim Cognito said:
Within half a second my brain had... dispensed a massive hit of adrenaline...
I'd be surprised if it did - adrenaline comes from the adrenal glands which sit on top of the kidneys....Gassing Station | Science! | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff