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The fearlessness of a destroyed amygdala

It’s not everyday that researchers try to scare their study subjects in the name of science. Yet in attempting to determine how a destroyed amygdala impacts the experience of fear, University of Iowa neuropsychologist Justin Feinstein and colleagues pulled out all of the stops — from scary movies to a haunted house, spiders and snakes.

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