Rhythm of Breathing Affects Memory and Fear Summary: A new study reports the rhythm of your breathing can influence neural activity that enhances memory recall and emotional judgement. Source: Northwestern University. Breathing is not just for oxygen; it’s now linked to brain function and behavior. Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered for the first time thatContinue reading “Rhythm of Breathing Affects Memory and Fear”
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Love and fear are visible across the brain
LOVE AND FEAR ARE VISIBLE ACROSS THE BRAIN, NOT RESTRICTED TO ONE REGION A new study reports basic emotions, such as happiness and anger, are not limited to specific regions, but have distinct connectivity patterns that encompass much of the brain.… READ MORE… BRAIN CIRCUITS THAT TRIGGER FEAR RELAPSE IDENTIFIED Researchers report connections between the hippocampusContinue reading “Love and fear are visible across the brain”
How We Recall the Past
How the Gut Feeling Shapes Fear
We are all familiar with that uncomfortable feeling in our stomach when faced with a threatening situation. By studying rats, researchers at ETH Zurich have been able to prove for the first time that our ‘gut instinct’ has a significant impact on how we react to fear. An unlit, deserted car park at night, footstepsContinue reading “How the Gut Feeling Shapes Fear”
False Emotion Appearing Real – FEAR
Love trumps Fear, Deception and Hate According to a 1990 Vanity Fair interview, Ivana Trump once told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that her husband, real-estate mogul Donald Trump, now a leading Republican presidential candidate, kept a book of Hitler’s speeches near his bed. “Last April, perhaps in a surge of Czech nationalism, Ivana Trump toldContinue reading “False Emotion Appearing Real – FEAR”
Take that ladder and turn it into a bridge
What is fear
I am not giving those men the fear they longed to see. ~ Paris Nov 2015 attack survivor You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith. ~Mary Manin Morrissey Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. ~Marie Curie Fear is a darkroom whereContinue reading “What is fear”