Whether it's spiders, slasher flicks or public speaking, how you feel fear. Oct. 29, 2011— -- In less than one-tenth of a second Your eyes spot a snake (or your ears pick up on footsteps behind ...

Every October, we line up for haunted houses, tune in to horror films, watch reruns of “The Dead Files,” and tell ghost stories that make the hairs on our necks stand up. It’s a paradox — why do we ...

What seems like childish nonsense actually reveals sophisticated brain wiring that's been protecting humans for thousands of years. Many children experience fear of darkness, which, in certain cases, ...

Fear is instilled in all of us, but in vastly different ways at vastly different times. There’s no one universal phobia, but let’s explore the science of scares. * First, the process. Like most ...