FeaturedNeuroscience·January 24, 2023·5 min readNeurons That “Learn” to Smell a ThreatResearchers reveal how the olfactory system aids in threat assessment and have identified neurons that learn whether a specific smell represents a threat.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 15, 2019·4 min readSocial Threat Learning Influences DecisionsStudy reveals social learning via oral communication or video can affect human behavior and decision making just as strongly as personal experience. The findings shed light on why people may sometimes make irrational decisions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 14, 2015·3 min readA Brain Network for Observed Social Threat InteractionsResearchers use large scale neural recording and big data to reveal how observed social threat is recalled from memory.Read More