Texas A&M researchers have found that they can indirectly retrieve and weaken fear memories. The discovery has therapeutic implications for treating trauma.
Halloween for many people means haunted houses and horror movies. Stephen Maren,, a Texas A&M professor who studies fear and memory, explains why we find putting ourselves in scary situations so alluring.
Dr. Stephen Maren, University Distinguished Professor of psychological and brain sciences and Claude H. Everett, Jr. ’47 Chair of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. A study conducted at Texas A&M University has identified a new area in the brain involved in inhibiting fear, a discovery that holds potential…
