The amygdala is involved in the fear and conditioning of fear.

3) Conditioning of Primal Fear: The exploitation of primal fears.

Conditioning of Primal Fear: The exploitation of primal fears.

3) Conditioning of Primal Fear: The exploitation of primal fears.

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We used functional neuroimaging in conjunction with a fear-conditioning reversal paradigm.

Its function is to store emotional experiences, and settle the so-called fear conditioning.

Functional MRI scans of the young brain during a fear conditioning task showed marked differences in the way it dealt with fear.

Fear conditioning, which is when a neutral stimulus acquires aversive properties, occurs within the right hemisphere.

Fear conditioning, which occurs when a neutral stimulus acquires aversive properties, occurs within the right hemisphere.

Better fear conditioning is associated with reduced symptom severity in autism spectrum disorders.

Better fear conditioning is associated with reduced symptom severity in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Fear-conditioning is a behavioral procedure involving the pairing of a neutral conditioned stimulus (CS) with an aversive unconditioned stimulus (US).

In cued fear conditioning, a neutral conditioned stimulus (CS) is paired with an aversive unconditioned stimulus (US) which activates a strong unconditioned fear responses (UR).

The researchers found that if they injected the fishes’ cerebella with lidocaine an hour before the fear conditioning experiment, this did not affect their fear learning.