Fear itself: what we know about how it works, how it can be treated and what it tells us about our unconscious

Article Abstract:

Various researchers are trying to understand the link between physiological and psychological influences that cause fear in humans. NYU Prof Joseph LeDoux's work has focused on the amygdala neural tissue on either side of the brain. Univ of Vermont researcher Bruce Kapp has traced nerve filaments pass the amygdala to the central nucleus which creates the protective response that humans feel when threatened. Additional neural fibers run to upper regions of the brain that control stress hormones. Fear, which is experienced after a threat is perceived, is a result of a complex cerebral process that arouses human response. This can become irrational resulting in panic or anxiety attacks.

Cover Story, Physiological aspects, Anxiety, Panic disorder, Fear, Panic attacks

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The sociostylistics of life histories: taking Jenny at her word(s)

Article Abstract:

A study of letters written by a lonely American woman between the two world wars called 'Letters from Jenny' and edited by G.W. Allport can be extended to suggest that the personality of the subject of an oral exchange bears a relation to the social context and language in the transcript. A transdisciplinary approach, borrowing from selected subfields of sociology and linguistics, can bring out this relation. The structural and substantial contents of these letters reflect the inseparability of her personality from the social context in which she lives.

Analysis, Oral communication, Written communication, Sociolinguistics, Epistolary fiction, Epistolary novels

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Mystery of missing mass deepens

Article Abstract:

Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescop failed to find evidence of the dark matter that has been postulated as the key to the possible end of the universe. The researchers also found fewer red dwarf stars than expected in a survey of the Milky Way.

Dark matter (Astronomy), Red dwarfs, Hubble Space Telescope (Artificial satellite)

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