Abstract
The brain circuits that create our sense of fear rely on ancient 'hard-wired' components of the limbic system,but also use sensory processing to determine what we become afraid of. A new study shows that,when viewing of simple oriented line stimuli is coupled with aversive experiences, neurons in primaryvisual cortex rapidly alter their responses in a manner that indicates the line stimuli become a source of fear.
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