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Scientists discuss how individuals and societies are affected when they view the world through the lens of fear characteristic of the news today... More
Fear Factors: Panel Examines Fear Research at Individual and Societal Levels
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Fear is a critical survival tool -- but too much can be debilitating, resulting in an anxiety disorder or phobia... More
We Love to Be Scared on Halloween But Fears and Phobias Are No Laughing Matter
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Psychological scientists are examining memory reconsolidation as a way to dampen the memory of a trauma. ... More
Building a Fearless Mind
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Our perceptions of risk don’t always match reality, being swayed by factors beyond logic and numbers... More
Why We Worry About Shark Attacks, Not Car Crashes
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Many animal species transmit information via chemical signals -- and humans may be among them, psychology researchers find... More
The Knowing Nose: Chemosignals Communicate Human Emotions
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For those with trypophobia, the sight of clusters of holes in various formations can cause intensely unpleasant visceral reactions... More
Fear of Holes May Stem From Evolutionary Survival Response
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Can simply describing your feelings at stressful times make you less afraid and less anxious? Researchers investigate... More
‘That Giant Tarantula Is Terrifying, but I’ll Touch It’ – Expressing Your Emotions Can Reduce Fear
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Studying how infants and toddlers react to scary objects can help reveal the developmental origins of common fears and phobias... More
People Aren’t Born Afraid of Spiders and Snakes: Fear Is Quickly Learned During Infancy
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Watching someone safely interact with a supposedly harmful object can help to extinguish conditioned fear responses, and prevent them from resurfacing... More
Diminishing Fear Vicariously By Watching Others
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Redefining Fear
Some people think Pavlovian fear conditioning research has convincingly shown how fear and anxiety operate in the brain — but APS William James Fellow Joseph E. LeDoux believes there is more to the story… More
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