Researchers map brain activity associated with a person’s anticipation of or direct confrontation with danger.

The brain is activated differently when it’s contemplating, rather than directly facing, a threat.

Meet some of the people featured in the November 2017 issue of The Scientist.

A set of neurons in the brain’s central amygdala plays a key role in forming memories of aversive experiences, scientists find in mice.  

Recording from single neurons of epilepsy patients, neuroscientists show that both the strength and timing of neuronal firing are important to consciously perceive a visual object. 

A new study reveals how the amygdala is involved in controlling predatory behavior in mice.

As people continue to tell tall tales, fMRI data show certain brain regions become less busy.

Analyzing the acoustical qualities of screams and other sounds, researchers pinpoint why people find screams—and emergency vehicle sirens—frightening.

Rodent pups can learn to fear a stimulus through the odor signals given by their mother.

Repeated exposure to fear-associated stimuli during short bouts of sleep made study participants less frightened of related provocations once they awoke.