What we feel shapes our emotional life – and helps us react correctly and quickly.

The fear of developing dementia oneself is widespread.

How do feelings arise? Emotion theories provide different answers.

Fear arises thanks to lightning-fast mechanisms – that do not always react correctly.

Anxiety researcher Hans-Christian Pape on rats, Rottweilers, and the positive aspects of fear.

The story of the brain that went forth to learn what fear was.

We only consciously feel fear, disgust, love, and hate when the cerebral cortex is engaged.

Without the amygdala, humans lose their sense of fear. With the amygdala, they also recognize the fear of others.

Reason and emotion are not necessarily opposites – they help to evaluate a situation.

Fear is a powerful emotion – it can save lives. Or lead you astray.

Traditional theories of emotion formation came to different conclusions.