Sentences with phrase «in fear extinction»

Studies show that the antibiotic D - cycloserine (well - known for treating tuberculosis) might be helpful in fear extinction by assisting the action of NMDA [ref].

«Deficits in fear extinction could make you prone to anxiety,» Limoli said, «which could become problematic over the course of a three - year trip to and from Mars.»

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That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins — all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.

The word means extinction, and in Buddhist teaching it signifies various things: cessation of all lust and hatred, inward escape from the world of sense, blissful freedom from the fear of rebirth, and sometimes it seems to mean «the peace of a candle that has been blown out.»

That man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental concatenations of atoms; that no force, no heroism, no intensity of thought or feeling, can presume an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labors of the age, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noon - day brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruin... all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.

«How fear alone can cause animal extinction: Even the smell of a predator can have disastrous effects in populations of small size.»

By looking at fruit flies, rather than social animals, the researchers believe that they have gained a greater understanding of the role that fear may play in the decline and extinctions of various populations.

«Wyoming moose that have lost even one of their offspring to predators may become as savvy as their Alaskan cousins within a single generation,» Berger observes, «which indicates that mechanisms for predator avoidance are already in place and that fears of imminent extinction may be unwarranted.»

In her letter, Weibina Heesterman fears that new life forms evolving after a human - induced mass extinction event «might be a...

In both rats and humans, the modified fear extinction procedure was more effective in preventing the return of fear than simply omitting the electric shocIn both rats and humans, the modified fear extinction procedure was more effective in preventing the return of fear than simply omitting the electric shocin preventing the return of fear than simply omitting the electric shock.

The geologists who defined the fossil hallmarks of the Permian in the 1840s must have feared Lyell's opprobrium, for they failed to mention the signs of mass extinction at the end of that period.

As a follow - up, they have now tested the effects of antidepressant treatment on extinction learning in rats using auditory fear conditioning, a model of fear learning that involves the amygdala.

Galatzer - Levy analyzed data from large studies in humans and mice that involved «fear conditioning» and «fear extinction,» during which subjects receive a mild aversive stimulus when exposed to a sound or light, and «fear extinction learning,» during which conditioning is reversed by applying sound or light without the stimulus.

Specifically, the findings explain how a particular gene — called fkbp5 — is involved in a phenomenon known as «fear extinction,» through which animals and humans disassociate with fearful memories of a traumatic experience, such as war, assault or a natural disaster.

«The interaction between fkbp5 and dexamethasone could enable us to enhance fear extinction,» says Isaac Galatzer - Levy, PhD, a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Langone and its Steven and Alexandra Cohen Veterans Center, and the lead investigator on the study.

The new study, in collaboration with Harvard and Emory Universities and other organizations, examined fear extinction patterns in mice and humans.

To further determine if manipulating fkbp5 could prevent the abnormal paths of extinction learning, Galatzer - Levy looked at data taken from a mouse study in which they were fear conditioned, given doses of dexamethasone or a placebo, and then put through fear extinction training the following day.

The new paper «Extinction Reverses Olfactory Fear Conditioned Increases in Neuron Number and Glomerular Size» highlights the results of a first of its kind study in which researchers reveal that the olfactory system in the brain is biologically and structurally more sensitive to trauma cues than previously thought, and that it's possible for fear behaviors associated with emotional learning to be reversed through exposure - based talk therFear Conditioned Increases in Neuron Number and Glomerular Size» highlights the results of a first of its kind study in which researchers reveal that the olfactory system in the brain is biologically and structurally more sensitive to trauma cues than previously thought, and that it's possible for fear behaviors associated with emotional learning to be reversed through exposure - based talk therfear behaviors associated with emotional learning to be reversed through exposure - based talk therapy.

Combining several neuroimaging techniques and psychophysiological measures, we aim to assess the impact of individual GABA concentrations in the amygdala on neural and behavioral fear correlates using a classical fear conditioning and extinction paradigm.

«This project has two main aims: we want to gain insight into the brain mechanisms underlying 1) the acquisition and extinction of fear memory and 2) fear related individual differences in humans.

Impaired fear learning and fear extinction mechanisms play a critical role in the vulnerability and development of mood and anxiety disorders.

He aims to develop sets of targets for selective pharmacological manipulation of circuitries involved in acquisition of fear and extinction learning.

Scientists have learned that inhibiting a protein called NMDA (N - methyl D - asparate) in the amygdala inhibits fear extinction.

The researchers then began the process of fear - extinction training, in which they made the sound but did not apply the shock.

The new memory created by fear extinction resides in the mPFC and attempts to override the fear memory triggered in the amygdala.

In episode 113, the first season finale, Penn & Teller explore the truth behind fears about global warming, air quality, water quality, acid rain, species extinction, and take a close look at Greenpeace's activities.

In the intense Sci - Fi thriller, the mission of a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station turns to one of primal fear when they find a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth.

Many authors, publishing professionals, booksellers, and readers fear that the reading and writing of literature are in danger of extinction.

But they are feared for those powers, and in recent centuries, they have been hunted nearly to extinction.

There seems to be a very real fear that gamers for gamers are dinosaurs, hurtling towards extinction in a world where all games are Nancy Drew games and web apps.

If so, I presume this article means that it could happen again in response to anthropogenic warming but not in the small number of years that some fear — i.e. it would take thousands of years, and we won't all be cooked to extinction by the end of the decade.

But sadly, I fear Comment No. 1 is correct: we are in the 6th extinction event, and like Pogo said, it is us.

The phenomenon appears to offer a natural solution to climate change, which experts fear could lead to a rise in sea level, flooding, and extinction of species.

In May, global warming, species extinction, and growing fears of peaking global oil production all combined to make the Arctic a focus of world attention.

In September, Taylor further debunked the latest report hyping fears of future polar bear extinctions.

Ditto the folks who block windmills out of fear of chopping birds, thus helping lock in the next great mass extinction.

It» s fear - mongering of the most contemptible kind, also encapsulated in his comment that «the very web of life is endangered by unprecedented extinctions» — but this follows the pattern of the IPCC.

Though some feared the Rwandan genocide and decade - long civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had driven it to extinction, the rare Okapi still stalks World Heritage site Virunga National Park, according to the first ever photos of the animal in the wild, released yesterday.

The implication of these findings is that μ - opioids are involved in reducing conditioned fear responses and enhancing fear extinction or learned safety.