Scientists have uncovered a dedicated brain circuit that distinguishes between direct fear and fear learned by observing others—known as vicarious fear.

The team from the Department of Neurophysiology showed in rats how the so-called locus coeruleus and the ventral tegmental area permanently alter brain activity in the hippocampus region ...

The research team focused on the locus coeruleus (LC), a small region in ... a technique that uses devices to monitor brain activity in real time to enable a person to regulate it based on visual ...