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Home - OMRF News - Archives for halloween

halloween

OMRF experts explain the physiology of fright

October 28, 2021

What causes the physiological reaction of panic when we know intellectually that we will escape the haunted house unscathed?

Filed Under: News Tagged With: amygdala, fright, halloween, Lijun, Lijun Xia, McEver, panic, rodger, Rodger McEver, scientist-news, Xia

Experts urge caution as Covid-19 haunts Halloween

October 13, 2020

Halloween 2020 offers a familiar fright: the risk of spreading the coronavirus.
 

Filed Under: COVID-19 News, News Tagged With: `9, candy, Chakravarty, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, Eliza, epidemic, fall, germs, halloween, holiday, masks, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Pandemic, robert, scientist-news, Scofield, spread, touch, trick-or-treat

Positive Tomorrows visits OMRF for a scary good time

October 31, 2019

For the 13th consecutive year, OMRF hosted a Halloween event for more than 75 children from Positive Tomorrows.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ann lacy, ann lacy school of dance and arts management, children, halloween, homeless, homelessness, newsok, OKC, oklahoma city university, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Positive Tomorrows, trick-or-treat

A fang-tastic vampire origin story

October 28, 2019

Monsters may come and go in popularity, but vampires seem to stand the test of time.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: basis, halloween, horror, icon, legend, medical, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, robert, scientist-news, Scofield, stephen prescott, urban legend, vampires

OMRF welcomes trick-or-treaters from Positive Tomorrows

November 1, 2018

For the 12th consecutive year, OMRF hosted a Halloween event for more than 70 trick-or-treaters from Positive Tomorrows.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: annual, at risk, elementary, fundraiser, halloween, homeless, homelessness, newsok, nonprofit, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Positive Tomorrows, school, tradition, trick-or-treat, youth

Fear itself: Unmasking the fight-or-flight response

October 26, 2018

So, what exactly happens inside your body when things go bump in the night?

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biological, body, fear, fight, fight or flight, flight, Hal Scofield, halloween, instant, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, response, robert, scientist-news, Scofield, survival, trigger, unmasking

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