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- Title
Fear and the Brain.
- Authors
Debiec, Jacek; LeDoux, Joseph
- Abstract
This article reports on the biological research which has made considerable progress in understanding how the brain learns about danger. It discusses the emergence of fear through life experiences and the similarities in the response of the brain and body among animals and humans to fear. Similar responses include muscle tensions, increase in the blood pressure and stress hormones are released. It identifies the basis of fearful feelings. It also discusses the role of the amygdala brain region in fear learning in rats.
- Subjects
FEAR; BIOLOGICAL research; BRAIN; LIFE change events; DANGER perception; HUMAN beings; ANIMALS; ANIMAL behavior; AMYGDALOID body
- Publication
Social Research, 2004, Vol 71, Issue 4, p807
- ISSN
0037-783X
- Publication type
Article