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Invisible Modulators of Fear: How the Gut Microbiome Alters Fear Extinction

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Learning to avoid a threat as well as knowing when something is no longer dangerous is crucial for an organism’s survival. Being able to shake off fearful memories after a… Read more
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The Sum of All Fears… Includes Safety?

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Identifying safe or dangerous situations are essential for survival.  A child may be fearful of crossing a road alone, but he will be completely relaxed while crossing the same road… Read more
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Indiana Jones and the Overactive Amygdala

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For Indiana Jones, there was no villain as menacing and no foe as treacherous as the writhing snakes in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Audiences saw their archaeologist champion paralyzed… Read more
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The Road to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Begins at the Intersection of DNA and Childhood Trauma

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Shakespeare left out a crucial component for understanding human behavior when he wrote: it is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. Our genetic predispositions are… Read more
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The amygdala: a full brain integrator in the face of fear

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You are sitting at your computer quietly reading this article when – BOOM! – there is a sharp loud noise behind you! You instinctively stop what you are doing, jump… Read more