Spanking found to increase fear response in children's brains

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Alison Knopf
Keyword(s):  
Fear Response

Looming stimulus-evoked fear response and the mechanism in superior colliculus

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanping Chen ◽  
Xiaotao Li
Keyword(s):  
Superior Colliculus ◽  
Fear Response

Loving Ebola-chan: Internet memes in an epidemic

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Rose Marcus ◽  
Merrill Singer
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Structural Approach ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Social Response ◽  
Coping Mechanism ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Fear Response ◽  
Cultural Artifact ◽  
History Of

In this article, the authors provide a layered analysis of Ebola-chan, a visual cultural artifact of the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak. Rather than considering her as a two-dimensional anime character (i.e. as a simple iconic coping mechanism and/or a fear response), this recent Internet meme is analyzed using an integrated semiotic and structural approach that involves discussion of the genesis of disaster humor in light of the changing world of the Internet, the history of anthropomorphism of disease, and the biosocial nature of an infectious disease epidemic. Our analysis is designed to advance both the anthropology of the Internet and the anthropology of infectious disease. As a multi-vocal symbol with different meanings for different audiences, Ebola-chan represents a social response to a lethal epidemic in the digital age.

Basolateral amygdala inactivation impairs learned (but not innate) fear response in rats

2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Ribeiro ◽  
F.F. Barbosa ◽  
H. Munguba ◽  
M.S.M.O. Costa ◽  
J.S. Cavalcante ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basolateral Amygdala ◽  
Fear Response ◽  
Innate Fear

scholarly journals Neurochemically distinct populations of the bed nucleus of stria terminalis modulate innate fear response to weak threat evoked by predator odor stimuli

2021 ◽  
pp. 100415
Author(s):  
Biborka Bruzsik ◽  
Laszlo Biro ◽  
Klara Rebeka Sarosdi ◽  
Dora Zelena ◽  
Eszter Sipos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Predator Odor ◽  
Stria Terminalis ◽  
Fear Response ◽  
Bed Nucleus ◽  
Innate Fear

scholarly journals Adolescent nicotine exposure enhances alcohol self‐administration, and subsequently affects extinction of conditioned fear response

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando Larraga ◽  
Susan McQuown ◽  
James D Belluzzi ◽  
Frances M Leslie
Keyword(s):  
Conditioned Fear ◽  
Nicotine Exposure ◽  
Fear Response ◽  
Self Administration ◽  
Conditioned Fear Response

Space allowance during gestation and early maternal separation: Effects on the fear response and social motivation of lambs

2015 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 98-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Averós ◽  
Joanna Marchewka ◽  
Ignacia Beltrán de Heredia ◽  
Adroaldo Jose Zanella ◽  
Roberto Ruiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Separation ◽  
Social Motivation ◽  
Fear Response

Fear of the Thirty Years War

Facing Fear ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lederer
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Fear Response ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter explores the relationship between fears and crises by focusing on the Thirty Years War. It considers how the war evoked a universal fear response and highlights expressions of preexisting apocalyptic fears in the material context of a long-term crisis. It also examines universal and traditional elements in contemporary portrayals of fear aroused by the specific events of the war. During the Thirty Years War, the body politic often appeared twisted, contorted, or monstrous in form, suggesting a fearful condition affecting society as a whole. In other words, the body functioned as a repository of fear during the conflict. The chapter argues that the linchpin of the relationship between crises and fear during the Thirty Years War was their literal embodiment by contemporary political culture and a peculiar understanding of history.

Fear and Its Opposites in the History of Emotions

Facing Fear ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Fear Response ◽  
History Of Emotions ◽  
Weimar Germany ◽  
History Of ◽  
Philosophy Of Emotion ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
Anxiety And Fear

This book examines the “problem” of fear in its intellectual, social, and political incarnations. It situates fear in world-historical terms, thus breaking new ground in the historical and cultural analysis of emotions. Each contributor is specifically concerned with a discrete historical moment, thereby emphasizing the variability and contingency of fears past, present, and future. Examples of such moments are the experience of fear among eighteenth-century rebels, priests, and colonial administrators in Peru; the universal fear response evoked by the Thirty Years War; and the technologically mediated experiences of anxiety and fear collectively felt by cinemagoers in Weimar Germany. This introduction discusses some of the lineaments of the history and philosophy of emotion as it pertains to the problem of fear, highlighting counterpoints or analogues to fear such as comfort, assurance, and hope.

Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fear Response, and Environmental Exposures

2019 ◽  
pp. 30-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theoharis C. Theoharides ◽  
Jaanvi Sant ◽  
Maria-Eleni Giota
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Fear Response ◽  
Environmental Stimuli ◽  
Flight Reaction ◽  
Developmental Condition

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition characterized by impaired social interactions and communication, as well as by stereotypic movements, that affects 1 in 59 children. ASD is expected to reach 1 in about 40 children by 2020, yet it remains without distinct pathogenesis and effective treatment. Children with ASD respond with high anxiety to almost any unknown stimulus and appear to misread danger/threat signals, and may not experience anxiety in situations where normotypic children do. The authors propose that environmental stimuli stimulate the unique immune cells, known as mast cells (MC), which then trigger microglia, leading to dysfunctional neuronal connectivity in the amygdala. This process lowers or disrupts the “fear response” and leads to an exaggerated “fight-or-flight” reaction. corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) could have a synergistic effect with environmental stimuli, especially mycotoxins. Recognizing this association and preventing stimulation of mast cells/microglia could lead to effective treatment of ASD.

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