Are You Tired of Being Afraid?
The Science of Happiness
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How Do You Know When You're Scared?
Psychiatrist wanted to see if she could change people's memories of something that scared them. Participants saw squares of different colors flash across the screen, one at a time in random order. But throughout this presentation, you're also get in electric shocks to your wrist. Daniella would only shock the participants when they saw a blue square. So what happens is you start responding to the blue squares themselves, not the shock. They had formed a fear memory. Connections between certain neurons had strengthened in their brains. And then the memory is stored when we retrieve it.
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