Your brain on a ghost train: a neuroscientist on fear
A radio science interview on what happens in the brain and body when we are frightened: the amygdala's fast and slow routes, adrenaline, a famous patient who felt no fear in a haunted house, and why chosen fear can feel good.
C1Adults55 minInterview
About this lesson
A C1 listening lesson (interview). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Interview
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Halloween
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Gap-fill
- Key words
- amygdala, cortex, adrenal glands, pupils, arousal, suffocate, reappraise
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow an extended scientific explanation and the speaker's examples
- Use idiomatic expressions from the interview: set off a chain reaction, on hold, in small doses
- Explain a physical process clearly in speech and writing