News tagged with fear extinction
Researchers use computational models to study fear
The brain is a complex system made of billions of neurons and thousands of connections that relate to every human feeling, including one of the strongest emotions, fear. Most neurological fear studies have been rooted in ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Well-timed timeout effective in wiping out fear memory response
Banishing a fear-inducing memory might be a matter of the right timing, according to new research.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Race to save the devil Down Under
It's been hundreds of years since the Tasmanian devil last lived on the Australian mainland but, in the misty hills of Barrington Tops, a pioneering group is being bred for survival.
May 17, 2012 |
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Men can rest easy -- sex chromosomes are here to stay
Fears that sex-linked chromosomes, such as the male Y chromosome, are doomed to extinction have been refuted in a new genetic study which examines the sex chromosomes of chickens.
May 08, 2012 |
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In search of the 'lost ladybug'
Leah Tyrrell wants to make something clear: She does not wear ladybug sweatshirts. She does not carry her belongings in ladybug bags, shelter from the rain beneath a ladybug-shaped umbrella, or take notes with pens decorated ...
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Yes, Australia can save its native woodland birds: study
Australia has a very good chance of being able to save most of its endangered native woodland birds, the findings of one of the biggest field studies ever conducted in this country suggest.
Apr 23, 2012 |
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China 'river pig' deaths raise extinction fears
China says 16 endangered finless porpoises have been found dead since the beginning of the year and experts blame water pollution and climate change for pushing the species toward extinction.
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Endangered Philippine hawk-eagle bred in captivity
A Philippine hawk-eagle feared to be heading for extinction has been bred in captivity for the first time, its breeders said Thursday.
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Bats rebound in NY caves first hit by white-nose
(AP) -- Researchers found substantially more bats in several caves that were the first ones struck by white-nose syndrome, giving them a glimmer of hope amid a scourge that has killed millions of bats in ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Miami blue butterfly to be declared endangered
The tiny Miami blue butterfly, reduced to a few hundred survivors on isolated islands off Key West, will be formally declared a federally endangered species on Friday.
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Elusive long-fingered frog found after 62 years
Herpetologists from the California Academy of Sciences and University of Texas at El Paso discovered a single specimen of the Bururi long-fingered frog (Cardioglossa cyaneospila) during a research expedition to Bur ...
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Climate change threatens Seychelles habitat
Bursts of torrential rain lash the idyllic white beaches of the Seychelles, where conservationists fear that rare species such as the giant tortoise are at severe risk from climate change.
Mar 12, 2012 |
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