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Fight-or-flight response, a Rare card
The fight-or-flight or the fight-flight-or-freeze response, also known as hyperarousal or acute stress response, is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 200,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Fight-or-flight response quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fight-or-flight response card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was first described by Walter Bradford Cannon in 1914 which he referred to as "the necessities of ______ or flight" in 1915.
Answer
fighting. It was first described by Walter Bradford Cannon in 1914 which he referred to as "the necessities of fighting or flight" in 1915. From the Fight-or-flight response article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Galliformes. Galliformes 80 · Fight-or-flight response 71 · Willemstad 68 · Highland cattle 65 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was first described by Walter Bradford Cannon in 1914 which he referred to as "the necessities of fighting or flight" in 1915.
- His theory states that animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system, preparing the animal for fighting or fleeing.
- More specifically, the adrenal medulla produces a hormonal cascade that results in the secretion of catecholamines, especially norepinephrine and epinephrine.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fight-or-flight response article was read about 200,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Fight-or-flight response
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fight-or-flight response (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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