News tagged with fear response

Infants' sweat response predicts aggressive behavior as toddlers

Infants who sweat less in response to scary situations at age 1 show more physical and verbal aggression at age 3, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Scienc ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 23, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Memory appears susceptible to eradication of fear responses

Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and published in the leading ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Feb 18, 2013 | 5 / 5 (7) | 1 |

Neuroscientists pinpoint location of fear memory in amygdala

A rustle of undergrowth in the outback: it's a sound that might make an animal or person stop sharply and be still, in the anticipation of a predator. That "freezing" is part of the fear response, a reaction to a stimulus ...

Neuroscience Jan 28, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2 |

Learning to overcome fear is difficult for teens, brain study finds

A new study by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers shows that adolescents' reactions to threat remain high even when the danger is no longer present. According to researchers, once a teenager's brain is triggered by ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Sep 27, 2012 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 8 |

Changes in patterns of brain activity predict fear memory formation

Psychologists at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have discovered that changes in patterns of brain activity during fearful experiences predict whether a long-term fear memory is formed. The research results have recently ...

Neuroscience Mar 04, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

People with spider phobia handle tarantulas, have lasting changes in brain after short therapy

A single brief therapy session for adults with a lifelong debilitating spider phobia resulted in lasting changes to the brain's response to fear.

Psychology & Psychiatry May 21, 2012 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 1 |

Researchers develop procedure for reducing fear response in sleeping mice

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Stanford University have developed a procedure that reduces a fear response in mice. It involves, team lead Asya Rolls said as she presented the groups' findings at this year's ...

Neuroscience Oct 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1 |

Scientists identify compounds that could thwart post-traumatic stress disorder

A brain pathway that is stimulated by traumatic or fearful experiences can be disrupted by two compounds that show promise for preventing post-traumatic stress disorder, Indiana University researchers reported.

Psychology & Psychiatry Oct 15, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Regulating the formation of fear extinction memory

(Medical Xpress) -- Neuroscientists at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute have discovered a previously unrecognized layer of gene regulation associated with fear extinction.

Neuroscience Aug 15, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Brain parasite directly alters brain chemistry

A research group from the University of Leeds has shown that infection by the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, found in 10-20 per cent of the UK's population, directly affects the production of dopamine, a key chemical messen ...

Medical research Nov 04, 2011 | 5 / 5 (11) | 3 |

Factors impacting benefit of exercise in knee OA identified

(HealthDay)—For patients with knee osteoarthritis, self-reported knee instability and fear of physical activity correlate with the likelihood of treatment response following a therapeutic exercise program, ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism Nov 02, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Gender differences in PTSD risk may be due to heightened fear conditioning in women, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Women exposed to trauma may be at greater risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder because of a heightened fear response, according to a new study. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Nov 20, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Moral injury among the issues facing combat veterans

With suicide rates among veterans on the rise, another problem facing veterans also is capturing the public's attention. Service members suffering from moral injury are feeling profound guilt and shame for things they may ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Mar 08, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

The neurological basis for fear and memory

Fear conditioning using sound and taste aversion, as applied to mice, have revealed interesting information on the basis of memory allocation.

Neuroscience Jun 18, 2012 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

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