NYU neuroscientist examines how brain responds to fears that are imagined and anticipated, but never experienced. “Using fear conditioning, the neural systems of fear learning and expression have been eloquently mapped with both human and animal research.
This research has indicated that a brain structure called the amygdala is critical to the expression of a conditioned fear response. But is the
amygdala involved when you encounter a fear-invoking event that you have merely heard about?” EurekAlert!