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 ...

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 ...

The fear of what lab results might reveal may be keeping some consumers from getting bloodwork, potentially putting their health at risk.

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 ...

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – During an expedition to a remote area of the Peruvian Amazon, working with a falconer, members of the Forest Fear Lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, used trained ...

Birds like the black-fronted nunbird help information flow through the Amazon rainforest. During an expedition to a remote area of the Peruvian Amazon, working with a falconer, members of the Forest ...