Center for Neural Science, New York University, 6 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Trends Cogn Sci. 2013 Apr;17(4):155-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.02.004. Epub 2013 Mar 13.
'Fear' is used scientifically in two ways, which causes confusion: it refers to conscious feelings and to behavioral and physiological responses. Restricting the use of 'fear' to denote feelings and using 'threat-induced defensive reactions' for the responses would help avoid misunderstandings about the brain mechanisms involved.
“恐惧”在科学上有两种用法,这造成了混淆:它既指有意识的感觉,也指行为和生理反应。将“恐惧”一词限制用于表示感觉,而将“威胁引起的防御反应”用于反应,将有助于避免对涉及的大脑机制的误解。