Turn off the Fear

Published: May 8, 2018, 2:30 a.m.

b'Flipping the emotional switches, Part 1\\n\\nWe are getting closer to identifying the individual emotional switches in the brain. What might this imply for future strategies for managing our emotions?\\n\\nResearchers Find Fear and Courage Switches in Brain\\n\\nhttps://bit.ly/2rmpkEO\\n\\nResearchers have identified a cluster of neurons in mouse brains that encourage fear response to perceived threats. When an adjacent cluster of neurons is activated, boldness and courage behaviors are exhibited.\\n\\nLet\\u2019s talk about this one specifically.\\n\\nWho would have good reason to turn fear down (or off?)\\n\\nFirst responders: firefighters, police EMTs, soldiers\\n\\nPeople who suffer from irrational fears?\\n\\nBusiness people who fear public speaking or making sales calls?\\xa0\\n\\nThese might actually be different kinds of fear, but the idea that you can flip a switch in the brain and suddenly start acting boldly is pretty enticing.\\n\\nWould there ever be a time when we would turn up somebody\\u2019s fear response?\\n\\nWhat about other emotions? We will look at those next time.\\n\\nWT 436-749\\n\\nEternity Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\\n\\nImage from Pixabay.com'