In the Media

Selected international media coverage featuring Dr. Jacek Dębiec’s work and expert commentary in clinical psychiatry and neuroscience.

POPULAR SCIENCE • OCTOBER 21, 2025
Is Fear Contagious?
Topic: How fear spreads through social signals.
Dr. Dębiec explained how people communicate and share emotions, and how fear can be transmitted through sight, sound, and other cues.

UNIVISION NOTICIAS • FEBRUARY 6, 2021
El trauma de los niños separados de sus padres en la frontera no termina con la reunificación
Topic: Child development and family separation.
Dr. Dębiec explained how prolonged separation from a caregiver can affect the developing brain and emotional processing.

ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA • OCTOBER 3, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh: How Trauma Can Affect Memory
Topic: Trauma, stress hormones, and memory.
Dr. Dębiec explained how stress hormones can shape vivid traumatic memories and how alcohol can affect memory formation.

PBS NEWSHOUR • SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
In Kavanaugh Debate, ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Is an Unscientific Excuse for Assault
Topic: Adolescent development and traumatic memory.
Dr. Dębiec described why traumatic memories can become biologically strengthened during recall.

NEWSWEEK • JULY 28, 2014
Mother’s Fears Are Passed to Children Through Smell, Study Suggests
Topic: Early development and intergenerational fear.
As lead researcher, Dr. Dębiec discussed findings on early maternal transmission of fear and their relevance to intergenerational trauma.

THE INDIAN EXPRESS • JULY 29, 2014
Infants Smell Threats by Mother’s Odour
Topic: Infant learning and maternal fear signals.
As lead researcher, Dr. Dębiec explained that infants can learn from maternal expressions of fear very early in life.

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