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  2. Fear processing in the brain - Wikipedia

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    In fear conditioning, the main circuits that are involved are the sensory areas that process the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli, certain regions of the amygdala that undergo plasticity (or long-term potentiation) during learning, and the regions that bear an effect on the expression of specific conditioned responses. These pathways ...

  3. List of facial expression databases - Wikipedia

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    A facial expression database is a collection of images or video clips with facial expressions of a range of emotions. Well-annotated ( emotion -tagged) media content of facial behavior is essential for training, testing, and validation of algorithms for the development of expression recognition systems .

  4. S.M. (patient) - Wikipedia

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    An experiment with S.M. revealed no fear in response to exposure and handling of snakes and spiders (including tarantulas), a walk through a haunted attraction (Waverly Hills Sanatorium, specifically), or fear-inducing film clips (e.g., The Blair Witch Project, The Shining, and The Silence of the Lambs), eliciting instead only interest, curiosity, and excitement, though she expressed emotions ...

  5. Horror vacui (art) - Wikipedia

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    In visual art, horror vacui (Latin for 'fear of empty space'; UK: / ˌ h ɒ r ə ˈ v æ k j u aɪ /; US: /-ˈ v ɑː k-/), or kenophobia (Greek for 'fear of the empty'), [1] is a phenomenon in which the entire surface of a space or an artwork is filled with detail and content, leaving as little perceived emptiness as possible. [2]

  6. Horror and terror - Wikipedia

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    Drawing by Sir Charles Bell of a terrified man from Essays on Expression. Part of a series on: Emotions; ... The Aesthetic Paradox of Pleasurable Fear. New York ...

  7. Manga iconography - Wikipedia

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    Japanese manga has developed a visual language or iconography for expressing emotion and other internal character states. This drawing style has also migrated into anime, as many manga are adapted into television shows and films and some of the well-known animation studios are founded by manga artists.

  8. Startle response - Wikipedia

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    Analysing a number of recent aircraft accidents, the authors identified the negative impact of the startle response as causal or contributory in these accidents. The authors argued that fear resulting from threat, especially if life-threatening, [16] [17] prompted startle effects which had a serious negative impact on pilots' performances. The ...

  9. Scopophobia - Wikipedia

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    Spotligectophobia, scopophobia, scoptophobia, or ophthalmophobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by an excessive fear of being stared at in public or stared at by others. [1] Similar phobias include erythrophobia, the fear of blushing. Scopophobia is also commonly associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Often ...