How to Rewire Your Brain to Not Be Afraid of Snakes

There are ways through like overexposure and other therapeutic methods that I know exist to rewire the brain. Probably that direct signal of snake fear is never going to really go away, but you might be able to add a layer of regulation, like snake checkpoint. And will your neurons form new pathways? Will they kind of make new channels? You are referring to neuroplasticity. Yes, you can definitely create new connections. We're doing that all the time. If we couldn't do that, we wouldn't be able to learn anything new or teach babies all the things that they need to learn in order to be competent humans.

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