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          FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience VideosPsychology
          ·February 19, 2019·5 min read

          Extinguishing Fear Memories Relies On An Unusual Change to DNA

          Researchers report fear extinction memories form as a result of an adenosine modification, which help to increase the activity of specific genes.
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          FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·May 25, 2017·4 min read

          How Fear Can Develop Out of Others’ Traumas

          The endogenous opioid system may be responsible for learned fear based on the trauma of others, researchers report.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·October 19, 2020·6 min read

          Fear and Anxiety Share Same Bases in Brain

          Fear and anxiety share overlapping neural circuits. The findings contradict the popular belief that anxiety and fear are distinct emotions with different triggers and segregated brain circuits.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·October 16, 2021·4 min read

          Why 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.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·October 14, 2016·3 min read

          How Neuroscience Could Benefit From the Learning and Performance of Music

          A new study reports learning and performing music could be of benefit to those who have experienced traumatic events.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·January 16, 2015·2 min read

          Implanting Fear

          Researchers report noradrenaline and Hebbian plasticity work in tandem to form memories of fearful events.
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology
          ·January 19, 2021·4 min read

          Childhood Neglect Leaves Generational Imprint

          Infant children whose mothers experienced neglect when they were young showed altered brain circuitry in areas associated with anxiety and fear response.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·October 23, 2017·4 min read

          Researchers Revise Our Knowledge of How the Brain Learns to Fear

          Researchers report conventional understanding of fear learning may be incorrect. Contrary to popular thought, the central amygdala, and not the lateral amygdala may be the seat of aversive learning.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·January 24, 2020·3 min read

          Horror movies manipulate brain activity expertly to enhance excitement

          Neuroimaging reveals areas of the brain associated with visual and auditory processing are more active when anxiety slowly increases during horror movies. After a shocking scene, brain areas associated with emotional processing, threat evaluation, and decision making increase in activity.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·May 4, 2021·5 min read

          The Sensitive Brain at Rest

          A new study sheds light on how highly sensitive people process information. After experiencing something emotionally evocative, brain activity displayed a depth of processing while at rest. Depth of processing is a key feature of high emotional sensitivity.
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          This shows a mouse fleeing from an owl
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 19, 2020·6 min read

          How Fear Persists in the Mouse Brain

          When a mouse senses a threat, neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus become activated and remain active for ten seconds after the threat is removed. Fear responses could be induced by artificially stimulating these neurons. Artificially silencing the neurons reduced fear behavior.
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          ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience
          ·May 15, 2017·6 min read

          Study Expands Understanding of How the Brain Encodes Fear Memory

          Findings could lead to the development of new treatments to reduce the effects of PTSD, researchers say.
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          From Vinyl to Visions: Fruit Flies Showcase Decision-Making Prowess

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