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Neuroscience of Fear and Anxiety

Neuroscience of Fear and Anxiety


Neuroscience of Fear and Anxiety

Course change note

This course will begin running as a Core Course for the fall 2025 semester. It will continue to run as an elective course for spring 2025.

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About this course

Fear is a multifaceted term that can be explained anatomically, biologically, and psychologically. This course begins by illustrating the cause and effects of fear on an anatomical and functional level, followed by demonstrating the physiological, psychological, and evolutionary aspects. Several theories and concepts behind unconsciousness, perception, and emotion are introduced in order to facilitate discussions covering fear in everyday life, as well as fear as a component of dysfunctional behaviors.

Syllabus

Syllabus – Fall 2025

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Pre-requisites

One year of biology or one course in either neuroscience, physiological psychology, or biological psychology, all at university level.

Faculty

Bettina Hornbøll Borch

Faculty

Ph.D. (Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, 2017). M.Sc. (Neurobiology, University of Copenhagen, 2006). B.A. (Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2004). Founder of CogniCation; cognitive communication. Has been conducting neuroscience research for over 10 years, investigating emotion processing in the brain using imaging. With DIS since 2012.