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Sarunnio Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Heightended senses
I read through a book and came across a phrase "your senses are hightended"
from the context below:
"When you are scared, your senses are hightended"
what does it mean by hightended senses?
Please kindly advise.
from the context below:
"When you are scared, your senses are hightended"
what does it mean by hightended senses?
Please kindly advise.
Top answer
) as usual for us to perceive them. An example is children: most people were afraid of the dark at some point when they were little, even if for a short time, after a film, for example, in which there were frightening creatures. After seeing it, in the evening, when they are left alone without a light on, their heart rate increases because they are anxious, the adrenalin level increases, their body is ready to fight-or-fly, because they are afraid that from one corner or the other, such a creature will come out, and so they will hear the quietest noise and notice the lightest change in shadows.
- ) as usual for us to perceive them.
- An example is children: most people were afraid of the dark at some point when they were little, even if for a short time, after a film, for example, in which there were frightening creatures.
- After seeing it, in the evening, when they are left alone without a light on, their heart rate increases because they are anxious, the adrenalin level increases, their body is ready to fight-or-fly, because they are afraid that from one corner or the other, such a creature will come out, and so they will hear the quietest noise and notice the lightest change in shadows.
- Of course, with this state, it’s also true that they will imagine they saw or heard something when there wasn’t in fact anything to be heard or seen.
- If we are anxious and are very much afraid of something, regardless of our age, we will react exactly the same.
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Hello,
It means that when we’re in this state, stimuli (like sounds, lights etc.) don’t have to be as strong (loud, bright etc.) as usual for us to perceive them.
An example is children: most people were afraid of the dark at some point when they were little, even if for a short time, after a film, for example, in which there were frightening creatures. After seeing it, in the
It means that when we’re in this state, stimuli (like sounds, lights etc.) don’t have to be as strong (loud, bright etc.) as usual for us to perceive them.
An example is children: most people were afraid of the dark at some point when they were little, even if for a short time, after a film, for example, in which there were frightening creatures. After seeing it, in the
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