Decode goose bumps

Thought is a natural reaction but few people know that goose bumps have been a special mechanism to help keep the body warm and a reaction to emotions.

You must have had a feeling of thorns and goosebumps when you just stepped out of the bathroom in the winter, or even in the summer if a cold wind blew past.

And yet, the feeling of goose bumps can also happen when you hear an emotional song or relive the old memories. So why do these seemingly unrelated phenomena make you feel?

This is a natural physiological phenomenon that occurs on the human body.

George Aubenik, a physiologist and a professor of zoology at the University. Guelph, Ontario will have the answer for you.

Prickly or goosebumps are a term that refers to a natural physiological phenomenon that occurs on the human body. This is a mechanism that we inherited from our ancestors. Although used to be very useful in the past, there are not many effects on the modern human body.

According to Scientific American, goosebumps or roughly translated as goose bumps in a folklore, occurs when a layer of skin suddenly rises, at first glance, resembles the skin of a bird after plucking.

These protruding skin layers are the result of shrinking under the hair, causing the skin near the hair to suddenly rise higher than the surrounding surface. This phenomenon also causes hair to build up every time the body feels cold.

These protruding skin layers are the result of shrinking small muscles under the hair.

In animals with long hairs, the reaction creates a buffer, which helps prevent heat from escaping and regulates body temperature. The thicker the coat, the more heat will be retained. However, in humans, this reaction is almost useless and has no results.

Because after millions of years of evolution, thick fur from the time of being an animal has degenerated into a thin layer of hair on modern people today.

Although there is no thick coat, goose bumps still remain until now. In addition to the role of keeping warm, the hair that has been erected is also a way to defend and threaten the enemy.

In addition to the role of keeping warm, the hair that has been erected is also a way to defend and threaten the enemy.

In addition to nature, there are still a lot of animals that maintain this natural trait such as cats and porcupines. They often set up feathers when they feel threatened, startled or scared of something.

Emotion is also a factor that causes goose bumps

It is not only cold weather that makes animals and humans have goose bumps and fur. In higher animals like humans, emotions are one of the factors that cause goosebumps.

The emotions are often felt like walking on a wedding platform, singing the national anthem, listening to a touching song or even watching a horror movie. However, this mechanism can happen at any time or repeat many times when you recall memorable moments and events in your life.

After an emotional state occurs, adrenaline is released into the blood.

The explanation for this mechanism of action is the subconscious release of a stress hormone called adrenaline.

Adrenaline is a hormone of the adrenal gland, located at the top of two kidney organs created. This particular hormone is involved in many different reactions of the human body, including goose bumps.

After the emotional state appears, adrenaline is released into the bloodstream, while acting as a nerve impulse for various organs. Adrenaline acts directly on sympathetic nerves to help the body respond to hazards. Consequently, the snail reaction occurs when we have a very strong emotion.

It is not exaggerating to say that adrenaline is a miracle medicine that activates all the mechanisms and survival instincts of animals, including humans. Therefore, adrenaline is considered a pain reliever, increasing excitement and alertness in many cases.

Goose bumps often occur when we experience cold (body temperature protection), fear, excitement and many other forms of emotion.

In animals, this hormone is released when the body experiences cold, stress, fear or other emotional states such as anger, excitement. Other signs that secreted adrenaline also has tearing, sweating palms, shaking hands, high blood pressure, heart palpitations.

The amount of adrenaline quickly drops when emotions pass and is also very fast, the skin after abruptly rising will quickly return to normal.

In summary, goose bumps on humans are actually an involuntary reaction of the sympathetic nervous system and are a form of acute stress response. This mechanism usually occurs when we experience cold (body temperature protection), fear, excitement and many other forms of emotion.

The video explains why humans and animals must be ruffled or goosebumps.