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Why Music Can Give You Goosebumps

Beautiful music doesn’t cause goosebumps — dangerous music does. At least, that’s what your brain thinks.

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Feeling Scared and Anxious During the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Normal. Here’s Why.

The stress and uncertainty of a crisis can kick your fight-or-flight response into overdrive.

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Your Brain on Guilt and Shame

Shame and guilt feel awful, but they do serve a good purpose: to make you be a better human.

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Becoming Afraid: How Creepy-Crawlies Turn Creepy

We may be hardwired to look at spiders and snakes differently than other critters, but we aren’t born afraid of them.

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Does Facing Your Fears Help You Get Over Them?

Fear experts Michael Telch, a psychologist at the University of Texas, and Kerry Ressler, a psychiatrist at Emory University, explain how facing our fears can retrain the brain.

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What Is a Panic Attack?

Feeling panic is a natural response to danger. The problem comes when you feel panic without a threat.

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What Are Phobias and How Are They Treated?

Barbara Rothbaum answers your questions about phobias and therapies.

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What Part of the Brain Deals With Anxiety? What Can Brains Affected by Anxiety Tell us?

Mohammad Milad answers your questions about anxiety and anxiety disorders.

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How Does Parental Separation Affect a Child’s Brain?

Charles A. Nelson answers your questions on how separation is harmful to a child’s developing brain.

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The Neuroscience of Stress

Neuroscientists are beginning to reveal how chronic stress can impact the brain, body, and behavior.

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Brains in Pain Cannot Learn

How severe are the effects of trauma on a young, learning brain?

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Halloween Terror and Fetal Brain Development

Can a frightening experience during pregnancy affect the development of an unborn child’s brain?

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