Sentences with phrase «fear memories formed»

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Disruptions to the ability of developing brain cells to form branching connections with other cells, using a specific microRNA — miR - 9, was associated with an increase in the strength of fear - related memories in adulthood.

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have now for the first time identified a sub-region in the brain that works to form a particular kind of memory: fear - associated with a specific environmental cue or «contextual fear memory.»

Puthanveettil and his colleagues also discovered that if they inhibited new protein synthesis in the prelimbic region right after fear conditioning took place, those memories did not form.

Because the memory is made unstable before exposure and re-saved in its weakened form, the fear does not return as easily.

These reports suggest that explicit memory may not be an absolute requirement for PTSD, whereas other forms of learning, such as fear conditioning, may be required.

The scientists believe that intercalated cells form «extinction memories,» which associate something previously feared (such as an air raid siren or a car backfiring) with a harmless outcome.

In a study reported in Nature Neuroscience, they succeeded in shutting down a neuronal mechanism by which memories of fear are formed in the mouse brain.

This research has been replicated many times with different forms of stereotyping, always resulting in the same conclusion each time: fear of confirming a negative stereotype impacts performance, whether it is older individuals who are stereotyped for losing their memory or women stereotyped for not being good at math.

It may be joy that she felt, or anger, or fear; it may be an image formed from bits and pieces of a memory she was holding in her head, or a beloved landscape she was holding in her heart.

Think about the family of emotions from Pixar's movie Inside Out - how family of emotions, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger all interacted inside Riley Anderson's mind to form her reactions and memories.

Instead of letting fear «drive» either of us in that moment, we would've taken a breath, acknowledged what was happening up in «headquarters» and gone to bed that night talking about the new «core memory» that we formed together.