Scientists Study Woman With No Fears...

CashInFist · Dec 20, 2010

Scientists Study Woman With No Fears

Is there anything you're not afraid of? Imagine what it must be like to never experience fear of any kind.

A woman with a rare genetic disorder, Urbach-Wiethe disease, isn't frightened by anything – haunted houses, spiders, snakes, movie monsters, death threats, being attacked or robbed, the Live Science website reports.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have done their best to scare the 44-year-old woman, identified only as "SM" for confidentiality reasons.

University of Iowa Department of Neurology / AP
An undated image of a brain scan provided by the University of Iowa Department of Neurology shows MRI scans of patient SM's brain. The arrows point to the amygdala, the region of the brain that SM is missing, as shown by the vacant black holes underneath the arrows.
Writing in the journal Current Biology, study co-author Justin Feinstein indicates that SM's Urbach-Wiethe condition has damaged her amygdala, an almond-shaped portion of the brain that may be connected with "abnormal fear reactions and a reduced experience of fear."

"We conducted a new study in a rare human patient, SM, who has focal bilateral amygdala lesions," Feinstein and his colleagues wrote.

"To provoke fear in SM, we exposed her to live snakes and spiders, took her on a tour of a haunted house, and showed her emotionally evocative films."
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Her next mission: KILL John Connor.

Seriously, I want this chick on my side at a bar fight. :lol:

EDIT: Link:

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/19/scientists-study-woman-with-no-fears/?test=latestnews

AbideN703 · Dec 20, 2010

Is she ****able?

CashInFist · Dec 20, 2010

AbideN703 said:

Is she ****able?
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No picture. And they won't name her either. :pity:

BlameItOnTheHenne · Dec 20, 2010

Tell her to watch the Dolphins' offense...then she'll be frightened of something.

Pandarilla · Dec 21, 2010

AbideN703 said:

Is she ****able?
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Good thinking, that would at least creep her out...

Pavlous · Dec 29, 2010

I don't want her as my wife. If she's not afraid of the snake, haunted house, etc. Maybe she's not afraid of me too.
And I think its pretty hassle in my part. :D LOL. Kidding aside, I don't know if her disease is a good or a bad thing for her and her family.

CashInFist Well-Known Member

AbideN703 Yes, I'd hit it

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BlameItOnTheHenne Taking a poop

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