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HTTP:: How the Brain Reacts to Fear
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It's common knowledge that the human brain features billions of neurons, all connected with each other via synapses and other channels. These connections are all related to everyday feelings, including one of the most powerful, fear. Studies on neural fear have usually focused on fear-conditioning experiments, but advancements in science have now made it possible to look deeper into the underlying mechanisms that dictate the feeling. For example, a new study focuses on using computational models of the brain to pinpoint how it reacts to fear, experts from the University of Missouri-Columbia report. Their report implies that the new type of investigation could be of great use for people suffering from the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as other similar conditions. In charge of the UMC team was electrical and computer engineering doctoral student Guoshi Li. Before this approach was taken, the expert argued that computer models were far more effective at studyi!
ng brain connections than any other method.“Computational models make it much easier to study the brain because they can effectively integrate different types of information related to a problem into a computational framework and analyze possible neural mechanisms from a systems perspective. We simulate activity and t...
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