Scientists stamp out fearImagine you’re at the free throw line, needing to sink two charities to win a game. Although scientific data suggests that 85 percent of what we fear never happens, in sports, facing fear of an event or person is all too prevalent. In research published two weeks ago by Radboud University in the Netherlands, scientists claim that, using sound, they can suppress the fear response in humans. They followed this up with visual images of snakes coupled with mild electric shocks to stimulate a fear response. This proved that brain stimulation has no effect on fear, and that it is associated exclusively with the amygdala.

Source: Philippine Star April 10, 2026 16:39 UTC