Fear begins deep in the brain. The amygdala, buried within the temporal lobe, acts as an alarm system, detecting threats and ...

Phasmophobia is a year-round fear, but Halloween may trigger it further. Here's everything experts want you to know about the ...

Fear is a survival mechanism that can keep you from harm. But it can be maladapted for the modern world and make you feel ...

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Government corruption tops the list for the 10th consecutive year, according to researchers at Southern California’s Chapman ...

The causes of these and similar fears are often outside our control. Here’s what you should know about their origins and ...

Team Fear is at it again. For the past 11 years, this dedicated group of researchers with a very cool nickname has conducted ...

When we let fear be our ruler, it twists our perceptions, narrows our vision, and turns us away from the love of God and neighbor. Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered perhaps his most famous line—“The ...

All too often business leaders are making decisions based on unexamined fears, rather than really leaning into those worries and thinking them through. A 2023 survey of global business leaders ...