FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 24, 2022·4 min readBrand-New Brain Pathway to Fear DiscoveredThe sensory cortex, not the amygdala, is responsible for storing fear memories from past experiences, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 20, 2022·3 min readOn the Brink of Giving Up? Mindfulness Meditation Can Help in Internal ConflictsMindful meditation may help people cope when faced with action crises, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 17, 2022·8 min readHow Do Social Interactions Conjure Up Memories and Emotional Responses in the Brain?Researchers reveal how memories and fear responses can be transmitted through social interactions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 8, 2022·3 min readDiscovery of Novel Brain Fear Mechanisms Offers Target for Anxiety-Reducing DrugsResearchers have identified a new target in the brain that underpins the freezing response associated with anxiety and fear. The findings could provide a new drug target for anxiety-related disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 19, 2022·5 min readHaunted-House Experience Scares up Interesting Insights on the Body’s Reaction to ThreatsThe presence of friends increases arousal when people are exposed to scary stimuli, researchers report. Additionally, the stronger the response to the initial stimuli, the more fear response increases when exposed to subsequent scary stimuli.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 18, 2021·5 min readThe Brain Uses Bodily Signals to Regulate FearStudy reveals how the brain relies on feedback from the body to regulate fear response. When a mouse's body freezes in response to fear, its heart rate slows, and this leads to attenuated insular cortex activity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 18, 2021·3 min readMammalian Motivation Circuits: Maybe They’re Born With ItResearchers have identified a pre-programmed neural circuit in the basolateral amygdala of mice that processes both positive and negative stimuli.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 16, 2021·4 min readWhy Do We Wake Around 3am and Dwell On Our Fears and Shortcomings?Researchers investigate why many of us wake in the middle of the night and dwell on our fears.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 5, 2021·4 min readBrain Circuits That Control Fear Responses RevealedResearchers have identified a neural circuit that regulates threat response in mice.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 26, 2021·5 min readAugmented Reality Helps Tackle Fear of SpidersA newly developed augmented reality smartphone app may help reduce the fear of spiders for arachnophobes.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 8, 2021·4 min read‘Triple Contagion’: How Fears Influence Coronavirus TransmissionA new mathematical model incorporates fear, both of infection and vaccination, to better understand how pandemics occur in multiple waves of infection, as we are witnessing with COVID-19.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 16, 2021·5 min readHow Micro-Circuits in the Brain Regulate FearThe central amygdala isn't only the hub for fear response in the brain, it also contains microcircuits that regulate the suppression of fear response.Read More