Why Do We Get Angry? What Anger Does to Your Brain and Body

A self-checkout beeps three times, and a perfectly calm man named Greg is suddenly ready to fight a lion. The lion is a banana. Why do we get angry? We follow Greg through what really happens in your brain and body when you lose your temper: the amygdala alarm that grabs the wheel before your "brakes" wake up, the adrenaline rush, why your fingers literally get warmer, why the angry face makes you look stronger, why we'd rather lose $2 than let someone win $8, why punching a pillow makes it worse — and why anger is contagious. 0:00 One beep 0:32 The alarm in your brain 1:07 What anger does to your body 1:50 Why we have anger at all 2:30 What sets it off 3:18 Does "letting it out" work? 4:04 Anger is contagious 4:27 So where does anger come from? Subscribe — it takes one second. Same as getting angry, but nicer. #psychology #anger #science #animation