"This method focuses on erasing the fear response," Kindt said.

“这个方法注重于去除对恐惧的反应，”Kindt说道。

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Kindt and colleagues devised a test to see if the cycle of fear could be eased by interrupting the brain's ability to recreate a memory of a traumatic event.

Kindt和他的同事们策划了一个测试来观察恐惧的循环是否能通过打破大脑重塑悲伤事件的记忆得到缓解。

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Local businesses also have a hard time competing, writes Kindt, because casinos have addiction on their side.

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Kindt is a professor at the University of Illinois and an editor and contributing author to the U.S. International Gambling Report series.

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University of Illinois business professor John Warren Kindt argued that although casinos initially create jobs, in the long-term, legalised gambling can cause job loss as well.

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