09-07-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com

Fight or flight? How our brain decides our response to danger | Daniel Glaser

The neuroscience behind whether we run or stand our ground when faced with threatLondoners will always use humour as the ultimate response to terror attacks. Nowhere was this more apparent than with the Millwall supporter, knifed eight times after tackling the London Bridge terrorists, pictured recovering in hospital with a copy of Learn to Run. A gift from friends, the joke being he would have been safer sprinting away.Neuroscientists would say the choice to run or stay put isn’t that sim
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