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| The triune model for escalation/de-escalation: agonistic competition | ||||
| Escalate | De-escalate | |||
| Rational level (isocortex) | Decide to fight on | or | Decide to back off | |
| (stubbornness or courage) | (submission or escape) | |||
| (Emotional level (limbic system) | Feel assertive, angry, or hostile | or | Feel inferior | |
| (anxiety, depressed emotion) | ||||
| Instinctive level (basai ganglia) ) | Elevated mood | or | Depressed mood, | |
| anxious mood |
