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Reconditioning the Brain to Overcome Fear

The challenge then was to find a way to reduce or remove the fear memory, without ever consciously evoking it

Ben Seymour

Fear related disorders affect around one in 14 people and place considerable pressure on mental health services. Currently, a common approach is for patients to undergo some form of aversion therapy, in which they confront their fear by being exposed to it in the hope they…

Scientists Have Figured Out How To Recondition The Brain To Overcome Fear

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found a way to remove specific fears from the brain. Unlike the traditional method in which the patients have to undergo some form of aversion therapy, this new method uses a combination of artificial intelligence and brain scanning technology to unconsciously remove a fear memory from the brain. For the study, the team developed a new technique…