The roundtable explores the nature of fear and anxiety across multiple dimensions. Opening with classical quotes from Sophocles and Leviticus, it examines neurobiological, physiological, behavioral, and cognitive factors in fear responses. The discussion considers whether human fear experiences differ fundamentally from those of other animals, and whether anxiety represents a central node connecting fundamental aspects of mental existence, as Freud theorized.
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Nouchine Hadjikhani, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Directs the Neurolimbic research laboratory at Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging in Boston; invited Professor at Gillberg Neuropsychiatric Center, Gothenburg, Sweden. Research spans visual...
Robert Kurzban
Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
PhD from UC Santa Barbara's Center for Evolutionary Psychology (1998); postdoctoral training at Caltech, UCLA Anthropology, and University of Arizona.
Joseph LeDoux
Professor of Neural Science, New York University
Research focuses on emotion, memory, consciousness and their brain interactions. Elected to National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences; recipient of numerous awards.
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Francis Lee, MD, PhD
Mortimer D. Sackler Professor & Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Medical College
Attending psychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital; MD and PhD from University of Michigan; psychiatry training at Payne Whitney Clinic.
Eric R. Marcus
Director, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research; Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Training and supervising analyst; former president of New York County district branch, American Psychiatric Association.
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