Fear & the Brain

Books

• In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind (Eric Kandel)
• Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life(Steven Johnson)
• Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life (Paul Ekman)
• Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain(Antonio Damasio)
• Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are(Joseph LeDoux)
• Mapping the Mind (Rita Carter)
• The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness (Antonio Damasio)
• Fear Itself: The Origin and Nature of the Powerful Emotion That Shapes Our Lives and Our World (Rush W. Dozier, Jr.)
• The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life(Joseph LeDoux)
• Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain(Antonio Damasio)
• The Human Brain Coloring Book (Cos, 306) (Marian Diamond/Arnold Scheibel/L.M. Elson)
• The Brain: Our Nervous System (Seymour Simon)
• Big Head: A Book About Your Brain and Your Head (Peter Rowan)
• Human Mind Explained: An Owner's Guide to the Mysteries of the Mind (Henry Holt Reference Book) (Susan Greenfield)
• How Your Brain Works (Anne D. Novitt-Moreno and Erika Luikart)

Useful Links

• Neuroscience for Kids - University of Washington
• The Brain: Our Sense of Self - National Institutes of Health
• The Brain From Top to Bottom - Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Canadian Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
• Brain Connection - Scientific Learning
• The Whole Brain Atlas. - Harvard Medical School
• Digital Anatomist: Interactive Brain Atlas - University of Washington
• About Neuroscience - Society for Neuroscience
• "Emotions and the Brain." The Brain From Top to Bottom - Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Canadian Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
• Emotion Home Page - University of Arizona
• Seeing Our Feelings: Imaging Emotion in the Brain - National Institute of Mental Health
• The Phelps Lab - New York University
• Joseph LeDoux's Website - New York University
• Center for the Neuroscience of Fear and Anxiety - New York University
• Fanselow Research Lab - University of California Los Angeles
• Caltech Emotion and Social Cognition Laboratory - California Institute of Technology
• Paul Ekman, PhD: Understanding facial expression, emotion, and deception - Paul Ekman Group
• Facial Emotion Expression Lab - University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
• Facial Analysis UCSC Perceptual Science Lab - University of California Santa Cruz
• Automated Face Analysis - Carnegie Mellon University

Fear in the Wild

Useful Links

• Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections - University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, National Museum of Health and Medicine and the National Science Foundation
• "Evolution and the Brain." The Brain From Top to Bottom - Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Canadian Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

 

Fear & the Media

Books

• Fear: A Cultural History (Joanna Bourke)
• How Claims Spread: Cross-National Diffusion of Social Problems (Social Problems and Social Issues (Paper)) (Social Problems and Social Issues)(Joel Best)
• The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things(Barry Glassner)

Useful Links

• What are the Odds of Dying? - National Safety Council
• "Fear: Its Political Uses and Abuses" - Social Research

The Fun Side of Fear

Books

• Falling: How Our Greatest Fear Became Our Greatest Thrill--A History (Garrett Soden)
• The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror; Revised Edition with a New Afterword (David J. Skal)
• The Thrill of Fear: 250 Years of Scary Entertainment (Walter Kendrick)

Useful Links

• Xtreme Sports - ThinkQuest
• X Games 13 - ESPN
• Extreme Sports - Hickok Sports
• Spiderman - Alain Robert's Official Website

Dealing with Fear

Books

• The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Fourth Edition (Edmund J. Bourne)
• Virtual Reality Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Advances in Evaluation and Treatment(Brenda Wiederhold and Mark Wiederhold)
• Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-By-Step Guide for Parents (Sue Spence, Vanessa Cobham, Ann Wignall, Ronald Rapee)
• An End to Panic: Breakthrough Techniques for Overcoming Panic Disorder(Elke Zuercher-White)
• Stress Management for Dummies (Allan Elkin)
• The Pop-Up Book of Phobias (Gary Greenberg)
• A Boy and a Bear: The Children's Relaxation Book (Lori Lite and M. Hartigan)
• Flying Without Fear(Duane Brown)
• Monsters Under the Bed and Other Childhood Fears: Helping Your Child Overcome Anxieties, Fears, and Phobias(Stephen Garber, Marianne Daniels Garber, Robyn Freedman Spizman)
• There's a Nightmare in My Closet (Mercer Mayer)

Useful Links

• Anxiety Disorders - National Institute of Mental Health.
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America
• Anxiety Disorders Fact File - Health Matters A-Z
• UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program
• Understanding Childhood Mental Illnesses - American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
• The Child Anxiety Network