You are as brave as your basal amygdala, according to a new study out of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Switzerland. The scientists learned that the brain does not unlearn fear, but instead can learn not to fear a threatening thing in particular contexts. Read the study in Nature magazine here.

This is some text prior to the author information. You can change this text from the admin section of WP-Gravatar Maegan Carberry is a Los Angeles-based opinion journalist and consultant who specializes in politics, media and the so-called spoiled Millennial Generation. Read more from this author

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