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Description of  The Unthinkable (Revised and Updated): Who Survives When Disaster Strikesand Why [Audiobook]

B0CQKN99N9 M4B@64 kbps To understand the human reaction to chaos and imminent danger, she turns to leading brain scientists, trauma psychologists, and other disaster expertsformal and informalfrom a Holocaust survivor who studies heroism to a master gunfighter who learned to overcome the effects of extreme fear. Along the way, we learn about crowd psychology, the neurobiology of fear, and the many other invisible factors that can make the difference between death and survival. Seamlessly marrying neuroscience, firsthand accounts, and thrilling investigative journalism, The Unthinkable is a must-listen for anyone who has ever wondered how they would respond in a life-or-death situationor wanted to increase their odds of surviving one. This revised and updated edition updates all the original research and expands on enormous, slow-moving disasters like pandemics to bring Ripley's lessons on survivorship into the modern day.