Smartphone App Helps Tackle Fear of Spiders Using Augmented Reality
Researchers from the University of Basel have developed an augmented reality app for smartphones in order to help people reduce their fear of spiders. The…
Fear
New Study Shows Fear of Spiders and Snakes is Deeply Embedded in Humans
New research shows that babies as old as only a few months are able to identify objects as ‘spiders’ or ‘snakes’ and respond to them….
Disruption of Memory Reconsolidation Erases a Fear Memory Trace
Fear memories are formed when humans associate things with strong, negative emotional responses. A team of scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden have developed a…