As a part of the series “Body Betrayal,” which explains reasons behind the human body’s idiosyncrasies, Gizmodo has taken on the task of explaining why people get “stage fright.”
The colorfully animated video first takes on the biological reason for stage fright — the “fight or flight” instinct — then covers what’s going on inside the body to cause the actual sensation. At just over one minute long, the video is a quick lesson and an easily shareable trivia fact. Check out out below:
