Researchers at MIT have uncovered a powerful way the brain "unlearns" fear: through a dopamine-driven reward signal. By ...

We now see that unlearning fear isn't just about suppressing it - it's a positive learning process powered by the brain's reward machinery." Read More: What is Anxiety and How Can Worries Overpower Us ...

Under normal conditions, dopamine molecules are brought to this region by neurons originating in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) – a central dopamine hub in the brain. The researchers ...

The VTA was the lab's prime suspect to be the source of the signal because the region is well known for encoding surprising experiences and instructing the brain, with dopamine, to learn from them.

We now see that unlearning fear isn't just about suppressing it—it's a positive learning process powered by the brain's ...