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Mar 2024
51m 51s

Fear Less

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
About this episode
Fear is a normal and healthy response to things that may harm us. But fear can also hold us back from doing the things we want to do. This week, we talk to psychiatrist and neuroscientist Arash Javanbakht about the psychology of fear — how it helps us, how it hurts us, and what we can do to harness it. 
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