fear-driven behavior

The Hidden Puppeteer: How Unconscious Fear Controls Human Behavior Neuroscience of the Unseen Threat The brain’s fear-processing machinery operates largely outside conscious awareness. When encountering perceived threats—whether a physical danger or social risk—the amygdala triggers a cascade of neural events before the prefrontal cortex (responsible for rational analysis) fully processes the situation 1416. This explains why people often react defensively…