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Scientists Made Mice Fear A Smell They'd Never Experienced – But It Had Traumatized Their ParentsA lab mouse in a tank.

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Scientists Made Mice Fear A Smell They'd Never Experienced – But It Had Traumatized Their ParentsA lab mouse in a tank.
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Scientists Made Mice Fear A Smell They'd Never Experienced – But It Had Traumatized Their Parents

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What Actually Is Fear? Find Out More In Issue 39 Of CURIOUS – Out NowIn time for spooky season, IFLScience's CURIOUS magazine cover story: What actually is fear?

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What Actually Is Fear? Find Out More In Issue 39 Of CURIOUS – Out NowIn time for spooky season, IFLScience's CURIOUS magazine cover story: What actually is fear?
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What Actually Is Fear? Find Out More In Issue 39 Of CURIOUS – Out Now

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Why People Are Afraid Of Mirrors – And How They Can Fight The FearCreepy mirror in abandoned bathroom

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Why People Are Afraid Of Mirrors – And How They Can Fight The FearCreepy mirror in abandoned bathroom
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Why People Are Afraid Of Mirrors – And How They Can Fight The Fear

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Scary Or Safe? New Brain Pathway Quashes The Instinct To Flee From DangerCoronal brain slice showing projections from different visual areas in the cerebral cortex to the ventrolateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN). These pathways are part of the circuit identified as mediating the suppression of instinctive fear responses.

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Scary Or Safe? New Brain Pathway Quashes The Instinct To Flee From DangerCoronal brain slice showing projections from different visual areas in the cerebral cortex to the ventrolateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN). These pathways are part of the circuit identified as mediating the suppression of instinctive fear responses.
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Scary Or Safe? New Brain Pathway Quashes The Instinct To Flee From Danger

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Are Elephants Really Scared Of Mice?a close up of an elephant with ears and eyes wide, looking scared

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Are Elephants Really Scared Of Mice?a close up of an elephant with ears and eyes wide, looking scared
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Are Elephants Really Scared Of Mice?

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The Infrasonic 17 Hz Tone Experiment Induced Revulsion And Fear In ParticipantsA pipe organ in Glasgow, Scotland.

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The Infrasonic 17 Hz Tone Experiment Induced Revulsion And Fear In ParticipantsA pipe organ in Glasgow, Scotland.
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The Infrasonic 17 Hz Tone Experiment Induced Revulsion And Fear In Participants

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Being Chased By A Killer Clown In A Haunted House? It May Be Good for Your HealthEvil-looking sinister clown in a white makeup face and red and white stripy clothes in a blurred background behind a caucasian female who is looking worried.

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Being Chased By A Killer Clown In A Haunted House? It May Be Good for Your HealthEvil-looking sinister clown in a white makeup face and red and white stripy clothes in a blurred background behind a caucasian female who is looking worried.
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Being Chased By A Killer Clown In A Haunted House? It May Be Good for Your Health

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Aztec Death Whistles Have A Terrifying Effect On Listeners’ BrainsAztec death whistle

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Aztec Death Whistles Have A Terrifying Effect On Listeners’ BrainsAztec death whistle
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Aztec Death Whistles Have A Terrifying Effect On Listeners’ Brains

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I Went To The UK's Most Haunted Castle And Had My Heartrate Monitored… For ScienceTwo scared looking people (male and female) sitting in Chillingham's haunted dungeon. Both are looking scared.

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I Went To The UK's Most Haunted Castle And Had My Heartrate Monitored… For ScienceTwo scared looking people (male and female) sitting in Chillingham's haunted dungeon. Both are looking scared.
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I Went To The UK's Most Haunted Castle And Had My Heartrate Monitored… For Science

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Why We Fear The Dark – And How To Overcome ItMan walking in the dark with lamp illuminating his path

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Why We Fear The Dark – And How To Overcome ItMan walking in the dark with lamp illuminating his path
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Why We Fear The Dark – And How To Overcome It

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Why People Believe In Ghosts – A Psychologist Explains AllA ghostly faces presses out of the dark. The face's eyes and mouth are just black holes in an otherwise pale grey face.

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Why People Believe In Ghosts – A Psychologist Explains AllA ghostly faces presses out of the dark. The face's eyes and mouth are just black holes in an otherwise pale grey face.
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Why People Believe In Ghosts – A Psychologist Explains All

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Why Do We Have Phobias? Find Out More In Issue 27 Of CURIOUS – Out Nowarticle image

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Why Do We Have Phobias? Find Out More In Issue 27 Of CURIOUS – Out Nowarticle image
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Why Do We Have Phobias? Find Out More In Issue 27 Of CURIOUS – Out Now

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Why Do You Feel It In Your Chest When Something Makes You Jump?a woman shocked, someone made her jump, she is surprised and holding her chest

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Why Do You Feel It In Your Chest When Something Makes You Jump?a woman shocked, someone made her jump, she is surprised and holding her chest
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Why Do You Feel It In Your Chest When Something Makes You Jump?

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Non-Linear Sounds: There's A Science To Scary NoisesA woman in glasses is framed as if she is watching a TV with a carton of popcorn, leaning forward mid-jump as if she's just been scared

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Non-Linear Sounds: There's A Science To Scary NoisesA woman in glasses is framed as if she is watching a TV with a carton of popcorn, leaning forward mid-jump as if she's just been scared
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Non-Linear Sounds: There's A Science To Scary Noises

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Nomophobia Is On The Increase – Do You Have It?mobile phone lying on park bench with autumn leaves, can see legs of person wearing yellow raincoat walking away in the background

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Nomophobia Is On The Increase – Do You Have It?mobile phone lying on park bench with autumn leaves, can see legs of person wearing yellow raincoat walking away in the background
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Nomophobia Is On The Increase – Do You Have It?

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