SM is a woman with a very rare disease that destroyed her amygdala, a structure in the forebrain that is involved with our experience of fear. Essentially all other parts of SM's brain are intact. She ...
Researchers identify a brain pathway in humans that enables rapid, unconscious fear responses to scary sounds, similar to ...
A study on why people fear spiders shows that details like webs and large eyes can change how people respond, sometimes reducing fear.