By recreating phobias and panic attacks, neuroscientists aim to improve anxiety therapies
Monday, June 15, 2020 - 06:30
in Health & Medicine
by Fintan Burke Tracking the brain’s reaction to virtual-reality-simulated threats such as falling rocks and an under-researched fear reduction strategy may provide better ways of treating anxiety disorders and preventing relapses. Hippocrates described them as ‘masses of terrors,’ while French physicians in the 18th century labelled them as ‘vapours’ and ‘melancholia.’ Nowadays we know that panic […]