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hypervigilance

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hypervigilance /hy·per·vig·i·lance/ (hi?per-vij´i-lans) abnormally increased arousal, responsiveness to stimuli, and scanning of the environment for threats.

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Meanwhile, center co-director Martha McClintock is using rats to test the hypothesis that social isolation--and the resulting hypervigilance that isolated animals exhibit--may lead to the development of spontaneous mammary tumors.
Bivariate analyses indicated robust effects for the association of each symptom domain of PTSD (intrusive thoughts, avoidance, hypervigilance, and emotional numbing) with past year exposure to IPV.
A heightened sense of vulnerability, hypervigilance, anxiety, and fear may be adaptive to street life, but stress-producing nonetheless.
 
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