Sentences with phrase «fearful experience»

It's thought that the «fairy» idea may have been a means to calm a child while they were undergoing the strange and fearful experience of losing a tooth.

Results of their study demonstrate, they say, that alcohol strengthens emotional memories associated with fearful experiences and prevents mice from pushing aside their fears.

A naturally confident dog will be able to endure fearful experiences much better than a reactive, shy dog.

The scientists at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Bonn, together with their colleagues from the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg and the University of Chengdu (China) have now been able to prove its helpful effect in overwriting fearful experiences.

Systematic densitization and counter conditioning are used to teach the puppy that previously fearful experiences can have a positive emotional association.

For instance, a person may experience intense fear every time he or she goes to the mall, not because of the mall, per se, but perhaps because they once had a very fearful experience, like being lost from a parent, in a mall.

Since Aristotle, we've known there is something pleasurable about mimesis, the imitation of life as it is portrayed in drama, literature and even sermons, especially when the mimetic activity accurately portrays our most cherished or fearful experiences.

Fear is a motivator that can warn us about danger, but one fearful experience can make us afraid for a long time.

As the animals learned, the researchers recorded electrical signals from individual neurons in the amygdala, a brain structure that forms memories of fearful experiences.

The new work reveals that at least one form of long - term memory — that of fearful experiences — seems to become fragile when reactivated.

Now, though, at the very moment in which a rat remembered the shock, the scientists injected an antibiotic that inhibits the synthesis of new proteins into its amygdala — a part of the brain long known to store lasting memories of fearful experiences.

From then on, whenever the mice heard the sound, they remembered their fearful experience, and showed signs of experiencing fear.

We recommend that you pair each cleaning with something pleasant, like treats or playtime, so that the ear cleaning is not a dreaded chore for you or a fearful experience for your pet.