Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) at UCL have looked at how the brain learns to suppress responses to fear, ...

Fear is an instinctive reaction essential for survival, but it can also become a hindrance in daily life, particularly in ...

Initially, the mice ran for a shelter when the ominous shadow appeared, as their classic instinctive fear response kicked in. But after 30 to 50 simulated swoops, ... anxiety and phobias.

Colloquially, people sometimes say they have a phobia of something they're fearful or wary of — but what really counts as a specific phobia, as it's understood in psychology?