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The Parasympathetic Subdivision of the Autonomic Nervous System?
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Can someone briefly explain what it is or what it does? Quick search came up with fuck all.
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Fuck knows.
Is that what the parasympathetic subdivision of the autonomic nervous system is? Stress response?
After doing a bit of research, I think the parasympathetic subdivision of the autonomic nervous system is actually, like MoonRat said, a stress response system that's activated when you induce a state of calm or tranquility (eg. when meditating or relaxing the muscles) that helps combat the short-term stressor.
Can anyone clarify?
Hell, if drugs made me this clever I'd be taking them 24/7 (..and no wiseass comment either).
Now imagine a caveman faced with a sabretooth tiger, well the fight or flight response would serve him well because he would be ready to either do a runner or stand and fight.
As for parasympathetic... it is the state you are probably in now.
The ANS controls it all...
is that enough info?
Yeah I know the fight or flight reaction, this is where adrenalin and nor-adrenalin come in isn't it? The sabre tooth tiger thing is the exact example we got given in a lecture. He also added that this was supressed in the modern society because we cannot run from our work desk or whatever.
And I'm hardly parasympathetic with this essay hovering above me.