Researchers have found that low-intensity sound waves directed through the skull can help mice shed conditioned fear ...

Spooky season has come and gone, but those Halloween revelers who took in a haunted house during the season might just have boosted their immune systems by doing so, according to a new paper published ...

A new study shows how a dopamine circuit between two brain regions enables mice to extinguish fear after a peril has passed. Dangers come but dangers also go and when they do, the brain has an ...

Some people just don’t get it. You tell them you love horror movies and their faces contort in confusion - maybe a little disgust. How could anyone enjoy being scared? It’s a question that the ...

Researchers have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to overcome instinctive fears. The study in mice could have implications for developing therapeutics for fear-related ...