Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators ...

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Experts weigh in on why people suffer from aviophobia or aerophobia, a fear of flying, and offer coping tools that can help ...

Surfing blind is hard. Driving a jet ski blind is hard. Jumping off a fast-moving jet ski onto a surfboard and trying to surf a big wave...well that just sounds nuts. This is the story of how and why ...

Researchers studied the mechanisms that learn to suppress instinctive fear responses. The study has implications beyond the laboratory. Could aid in developing therapeutics for anxiety, and ...

The researchers explored the role of the ventrolateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN) in learning to overcome fear responses, building on previous findings that it can modulate instinctive fear and ...

A Johannesburg artist is turning trash into sculptures and inspiring others to overcome fear and see the beauty in ...

A Johannesburg artist is turning trash into sculptures and inspiring others to overcome fear and see the beauty in ...

Your mind can only juggle so much at once, so if you keep it occupied with activities that support your personal goals and ...

In a study published Thursday, scientists said they have identified how the brain overcomes an instinctive fear, offering ...