Science news articles about 'fear study'

... disorders are quick to learn to fear a stimulus but have a difficult time getting rid of that fear. In this study, the researchers focused on polymorphisms in two genes thought to play a role in ...

... relate to every human feeling, including one of the strongest emotions, fear. Most neurological fear studies have been rooted in fear-conditioning experiments. Now, University of Missouri researchers ...

... is neutralized, a new study reports. The study adds to evidence that primal fear responses do ... cycle, the hypothalamus seems a plausible candidate for fear studies. Yet, said Swanson, "nobody's paid ...

... portion of the forebrain believed to play an important role in addiction and feelings of pleasure and fear. Study results appear in this week's early online edition of the Proceedings of the National ...

Many Inuit living in Nunavut say they wouldn't change their diet over concerns about contaminants in their traditional foods, according to recent research.