Research revises our knowledge of how the brain learns to fear

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J What happens in the brain when we learn that fire is very hot and can hurt us? It's the kind of learning that results from the association of a sensory stimulus and the perception of threat. New research in mice suggests that the accepted understanding of that critical operation is incorrect in important respects.

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