A study on why people fear spiders shows that details like webs and large eyes can change how people respond, sometimes ...

There is a quiet, creeping unease spreading through workplaces, classrooms, social media feeds, and dinner tables. People are choosing their words more carefully. Conversations that used to feel ...

Each October, as Halloween decorations appear and horror movies fill streaming queues, people across the country indulge in fear. Haunted houses sell out, thrill-seekers line up for roller coasters ...

What many people call anxiety may actually be fear. Understanding how the brain’s alarm system works can completely change ...

There’s actually a word for it: anthropophobia. Wiktionary (Wiktionary? Really?) defines it as, “A profound fear of human beings, or of human society.” Wikipedia adds, “An extreme, pathological form ...