Dangers come but dangers also go and when they do, the brain has an "all-clear" signal that teaches it to extinguish its fear. A new study in mice by MIT neuroscientists shows that the signal is the ...

Crippling fear undermines the day-to-day quality of life for countless individuals around the globe. It’s estimated that about a third of people in the United States have had a threat-related anxiety ...

A new study published in Nature Neuroscience provides a detailed look at how the psychedelic drug psilocybin facilitates the unlearning of fear in the brain. The research reveals that the drug does ...