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Teaching Scared out of your mind: Halloween, fear and the brain

Scared out of your mind: Halloween, fear and the brain

How does brain chemistry affect how we perceive fear?

Kira Shaw
The Conversation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How does brain chemistry affect how we perceive fear?
STANDARDS:
RI.2 - Main Ideas, RI.6 - Author's Purpose

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,4
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