BY ISMAEL CALA
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This week I was shocked by the advances in science and a note published in BBC Mundo about a woman who, due to a medical condition, is physiologically incapable of feeling fear.
It is as if the character who represents Fear in Inside Out had not been called to the casting of the film because S.M. (as the patient was identified) was born without the ability to experience fear due to an injury to the amygdala, a brain structure that plays a crucial role in identifying facial expressions of fear and in survival.
Through the study of her case, scientists have discovered that fear is located in the brain and that it plays an important role in our ability to properly process emotions and in the formation of memories.
S.M.'s case has also shed light on the importance of the amygdala in the processing of fear and its role in survival. The absence of fear in S.M. This has resulted in a lack of hesitation when facing situations that would normally provoke fear in other people, but it has also increased their propensity to take unnecessary risks and impaired their ability to properly process emotions.
The most important benefit of this study is the knowledge we have gained about fear processing in the brain and the importance of the amygdala in this function. Understanding how the brain processes fear could help us find treatments that prevent fear from taking over our lives and develop strategies to properly manage this adaptive emotion.
Furthermore, S.M.'s case also highlights the importance of the emotion of fear in our lives and its role in making good decisions and in survival. Although the absence of fear may seem like a blessing in some ways, it can also have negative consequences and increase our propensity to take unnecessary risks.
The study on the woman who does not feel fear has shed light on the importance of fear in our lives and the crucial role that the amygdala plays in processing this adaptive emotion. The knowledge gained through this study could help us develop more effective strategies to manage fear and find treatments that prevent this emotion from taking over our lives.
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