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  2. Self-preservation - Wikipedia

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    Fear causes the organism to seek safety and may cause a release of adrenaline, [4] [5] which has the effect of increased strength and heightened senses such as hearing, smell, and sight. Self-preservation may also be interpreted figuratively, in regard to the coping mechanisms one needs to prevent emotional trauma from distorting the mind (see ...

  3. Death drive - Wikipedia

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    The standard edition of Freud's works in English confuses two terms that are different in German, Instinkt (instinct) and Trieb (drive), often translating both as instinct; for example, "the hypothesis of a death instinct, the task of which is to lead organic life back into the inanimate state". [10] "

  4. Outline of death - Wikipedia

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    Cause of death – the purpose of a forensic autopsy is to determine the cause of death, which is the condition or conditions officially determined to have resulted in a human's death. In modern times, such a determination usually is essential data on a governmental death certificate.

  5. Startle response - Wikipedia

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    It is found across many different species, throughout all stages of life. A variety of responses may occur depending on the affected individual's emotional state, [2] body posture, [3] preparation for execution of a motor task, [4] or other activities. [5] The startle response is implicated in the formation of specific phobias. [citation needed]

  6. Instinct - Wikipedia

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    Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour, containing innate (inborn) elements.The simplest example of an instinctive behaviour is a fixed action pattern (FAP), in which a very short to medium length sequence of actions, without variation, are carried out in response to a corresponding clearly defined stimulus.

  7. Surgeon creates two-headed rat, says humans are next - AOL

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  8. German Doctors Are Attempting to Reverse Death and ... - AOL

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    A company called Tomorrow Biostasis is focusing on human cryopreservation in the hopes it can eventually reverse death. The new Berlin startup has already preserved the bodies of about 10 deceased ...

  9. Drive theory - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, a drive theory, theory of drives or drive doctrine [1] is a theory that attempts to analyze, classify or define the psychological drives. A drive is an instinctual need that has the power of driving the behavior of an individual; [2] an "excitatory state produced by a homeostatic disturbance".