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Nature 393, 417-418 (4 June 1998) | doi:10.1038/30855

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Neurobiology:  A new image for fear and emotion

Steven E. Hyman1

The study of emotion is enjoying a renaissance. Despite the importance of emotion in behaviour — indeed, in survival itself — it had largely been ignored as a field of study until recently.

  1. Steven E. Hyman is at the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2475, USA.
    e-mail: Email: shyman@helix.nih.gov