News tagged with innate fear
Tiny brain region better part of valor
Mice lose their fear of territorial rivals when a tiny piece of their brain is neutralized, a new study reports.
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Mar 09, 2009 |
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Ticks can adapt to the Spain's climatic diversity
Carnivores in the Iberian Peninsula, such as the Iberian lynx, are under an increasingly serious threat: ticks that can adapt to changing climatic conditions and that can even survive in extremely arid environments. ...
Mar 29, 2012 |
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In shadows of hype, dialogue of 'too much' at SXSW
(AP) -- At South By Southwest's 2012 interactive conference, there was, as usual, no shortage of eagerness for new developments and excitement for gadgetry.
Mar 13, 2012 |
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For fish, fear smells like sugar
When one fish gets injured, the rest of the school takes off in fear, tipped off by a mysterious substance known as "Schreckstoff" (meaning "scary stuff" in German). Now, researchers reporting online on February 23 in the ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Viral gene drives sick gypsy moth caterpillars to climb high and die
For a century, scientists have watched European gypsy moth caterpillars infected with a virus use their last strength to do something that a healthy gypsy moth caterpillar would never do in daylight hours ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Parasite uses the power of sexual attraction to trick rats into becoming cat food
(PhysOrg.com) -- Could it be love? Rats infected with the parasite Toxoplasma seem to lose their fear of cats – or at least cat urine. Now Stanford researchers have discovered that the brains of those ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Bullying alters brain chemistry, leads to anxiety
(PhysOrg.com) -- Being low mouse on the totem pole is tough on murine self-esteem. It turns out it has measurable effects on brain chemistry, too, according to recent experiments at Rockefeller University. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 28, 2011 |
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The brain knows what the nose smells, but how? Researchers trace the answer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor of Biology Liqun Luo has developed a new technique to trace neural pathways across the brain. He has mapped the path of odor signals as they travel to the higher centers of a mouse ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 02, 2011 |
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People aren't born afraid of spiders and snakes: Fear is quickly learned during infancy
There's a reason why Hollywood makes movies like Arachnophobia and Snakes on a Plane: Most people are afraid of spiders and snakes. A new paper published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the As ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan
Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system.
Aug 26, 2010 |
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San Francisco board passes cell phone emission law (Update)
(AP) -- In this city known for producing laws both path-breaking and contentious, legislators have forcefully stepped into another debate - this time over the potential danger of cell phone use.
Jun 22, 2010 |
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