Essays about: "fear conditioning"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words fear conditioning.

  1. 6. Ångest hos hundar vid veterinärbesök: en överblick över problemet

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Jonna Hjelm; [2018]
    Keywords : hund; rädsla; ångest; veterinär; stress;

    Abstract : Most dogs will at some point in their lives visit a veterinary clinic. Unfortunately, many dogs experience severe anxiety in the clinic, which not only compromises the dog’s welfare – it also poses a potential risk for the personnel at the veterinary clinic, seeing as they need to handle a frightened animal. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Rebellion of the Chicken: Self-making, reality (re)writing and lateral struggles in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Adelaida Caballero; [2015]
    Keywords : self-making; lateral struggles; Equatorial Guinea; politics of the belly; the practice of everyday life; existential anthropology; creativity; agency; narrativity; display; enunciative procedures; Obiang Nguema; Macías Nguema; postcolonial states; suicides; Mamí Watá; construcción del yo; conflictos laterales; Guinea Ecuatorial; política del vientre; la práctica de la vida cotidiana; antropología existencial; creatividad; agencia; narratividad; display; procedimientos enunciativos; Obiang Nguema; Macías Nguema; estudios poscoloniales; suicidios; Mamí Watá;

    Abstract : Historical sources suggest that the bad reputation of Bioko island ―a product of mixed exoticism, fear of death and allure for profit— might have started as early as the first European explorations of sub-Saharan Africa. Today, the same elements seem to have been reconfigured, producing a similar result in the Western imagination: cultural exoticization, fear of state-sponsored violence and allure for profit are as actual as ever in popular conceptions of Equatorial Guinea. READ MORE

  4. 8. The role of the amygdala in emotion and memory

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och information

    Author : Darun Jaf; [2011]
    Keywords : amygdala; emotions; fear; fears conditioning; memory; perception;

    Abstract : Not so long ago the amygdala was an unclear region of the brain. Nowadays it is assumed that the amygdala is playing a key role in emotions, especially in the perception of fear. The amygdala is a crucial component that enables humans and animals to detect and to respond to threats. READ MORE