It can take seconds for us to develop a new fear and years for us to forget it. Scientists from the Netherlands are trying to find new ways to quickly unlearn our fears.

Scientists at the University of Oxford have demonstrated, for the first time, that a key emotional center deep in the human ...

The brain's alarm system exists for a reason. It scans for threats, raises attention, and prepares the body to act. Yet that ...

In our brains there is a structure called the amygdala. It is within our medial temporal lobe, shaped something like an almond, and has been widely studied due to the important role it plays in human ...

Neuroscientist Sjoerd Meijer of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has shown for the first time that targeted ultrasonic sound waves can help the brain overcome fear more quickly. These ...

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Non-invasive ultrasound study reveals causal role of the amygdala in interpreting uncertain emotions. Scientists at the University of Oxford have ...

Illustration of the basolateral amygdala (blue), hippocampus (yellow), and perirhinal cortex (pink) and electrical signals from each region during a recognition test trial. Source: Cory Inman, Emory ...

Can ultrasound cure fear? A new study shows that targeting the amygdala with sound waves helps the brain unlearn fearful memories faster.