While fear is generally considered aversive, it is nevertheless sought after recreationally. Do controlled recreational fear experiences improve interpersonal bonding?

Researchers at Tulane University have identified brain circuits that help determine how fear responses change as perceived threats diminish, offering new insight into how the brain regulates defensive behavior and why those processes may break down in conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder.

Fear-eliciting images of modern and ancestral threats are equally likely to evoke physiological reactions, despite their distinct evolutionary origins, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Eva Landová from Charles University,

Researchers identify a brain pathway in humans that enables rapid, unconscious fear responses to scary sounds, similar to visual fear shortcuts.

Neuroscientist Sjoerd Meijer of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has shown for the first time that targeted ultrasonic sound waves can help the brain overcome fear more quickly. These findings may open new avenues for the treatment of anxiety and trauma-related disorders.

James Stockwell's "targeted" offending included throwing bricks at windows and slashing car tyres.

First, Israel said it would take Lebanese territory up to the Litani River. Then it ordered people out of an area 10 miles north of that. Residents are fleeing southern Lebanon in waves.

'Cape Fear,' the Apple TV series reboot of the popular crime thriller movies, stars Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson.