Fear of flying is quite common. As many as one in four people are thought to have it, or at least suffer a feeling of unease. It's clinically an issue for only about 10% of them though, in which case ...

Conducted at the University of Eastern Finland, a new study shows that images portraying dementia in Finnish newspapers often paint a clichéd and negative picture. The findings were published in Age ...

The fear of clustered holes, known as trypophobia, affects about 16 percent of participants according to research from the University of Essex. This weird phobia gets triggered by everyday objects ...

The stress-induced mechanisms that cause our brain to produce feelings of fear in the absence of threats -- such as in PTSD -- have been mostly a mystery. Now, neurobiologists have identified the ...

Panic-like behaviour and fear-induced antinociception represent a compelling intersection of neurobiological processes that regulate both the emotional and sensory responses to acute threats. This ...

With the fast-approaching celebration of Halloween, fearsome frights and horror flicks are as much a staple as jawbreaker-related trips to the dentist. From the ghosts that swing from the trees to the ...