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Fear: an essential survival instinct

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  • 08 February 2017
  • Denis Jabaudon
    • HUG
    • Médecine, UNIGE
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Fear acts as a kind of protective shield. It's what enables us to react in the face of imminent danger. It's also said that in such moments our senses sharpen, but is this really the case?

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